GUINEA-BISSAU (8 October)
Rains and soil moisture were generally adequate during the growing season, allowing satisfactory development of crops. Harvesting of early maturity varieties of maize has started. Millet, sorghum and rainfed rice are heading. Transplanting of swamp rice is underway after desalinisation of swamp rice fields. The desert locust situation is calm. However, grasshopper infestations are reported in Bafata, Gabu and Quirina regions.