FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 11/98 - NAMIBIA (25 November)
Normal rainfall received in early October in the east and south-east of the country benefited pastures and encouraged land preparation for the 1998/99 coarse grain crop. The output from irrigated winter wheat, currently being harvested, is estimated at 6 000 tonnes, higher than last year and above average.
Following the sharply reduced 1998 cereal production, estimated at 59 000 tonnes, which is one-third of last year's above-average output, the food supply situation in the current marketing year is tight. Imports of cereals in 1998/99 (May/April) are estimated to increase to some155 000 tonnes (120 000 tonnes of maize and 35 000 tonnes of wheat).
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