FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 02/99 - JAPAN (10 February)

JAPAN (10 February)

Paddy output in 1998, estimated at 11.2 million tonnes, is about 10 percent and 12 percent below 1997 and the average for the preceding five years. Main reasons for the decline are a combination of lower area and floods last summer.

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