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CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY SITUATION IN KENYA - 10 July 2000

Year of publication 2000

Author Trade and Markets Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title Special Reports and Alerts

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Kenya's current food supply situation and outlook give cause for serious concern. The long rains season (March-May), which normally accounts for 80 percent of total annual food production, has failed due to a severe drought. With the exception of parts of Western Province and Nyanza Province which received significant amounts of rainfall, the rest of the country, including the

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