FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 04/99 - TOGO (6 April)
The rainy season started in early March in the south, allowing planting of the first maize crop. Seasonably dry conditions prevail in the north.
The food supply situation is satisfactory. Aggregate 1998 cereal production is estimated at 590 000 tonnes, some 18 percent below the 1997 record and significantly below normal. Root and tuber production, which is less sensitive to dry periods, recorded a 5 percent increase over last year, reaching 1.29 million tonnes. The cereal import requirement for 1999 (January/December), is estimated at 75 000 tonnes. Due to a good harvest in the Sahelian countries, cereal exports from Togo to these countries is expected to decrease significantly.
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