FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 11/98 - TURKMENISTAN (24 November)

TURKMENISTAN (24 November)

Official data suggest a major increase in cereal and pulse production in 1998, to 1.24 million tonnes, significantly higher than the 1997 crop, and 12 percent above the 1993-1997 average. The increase is due to an expansion in area and better yields.

In view of the good 1998 crop cereal imports are expected to fall to around 270 000 tonnes in 1998/99. The imports will be mainly composed of wheat and some 20 000 tonnes of rice.

Winter grains for harvest in 1999 are officially reported to have been sown on a total of 570 000 hectares, one third higher than the average area for 1993-1997. Recent imports of farm machinery allowed the timely completion of land preparation.

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