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No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY SITUATION IN SUDAN - 30 April 1997 1997
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No results found.An FAO/GIEWS Crop Assessment Mission visited Sudan from 10 to 18 April to forecast the final outcome of the 1997 wheat harvest, review estimates of the main coarse grain crop and revise the cereal supply/demand balance for 1996/97. This mission follows an earlier FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission last December which had provided preliminary estimates of cereal production in Sudan for the current marketing year. The mission visited all major wheat producing areas in the country, inc luding Gezira, Rahad, New Halfa, Northern and River Nile States and White Nile. For the 1996/97 season, a combination of Government policy encouraging wheat production and expectations of favourable wheat prices encouraged farmers to expand planted area, where possible. As a result, aggregate area under wheat increased from 743 000 feddans (312 000 hectares) in the 1995/96 season to 796 000 feddans (334 000 ha) this year - representing an increase of some 7 percent. Compared to the benchma rk average (1988/89 - 1992/93), the area cultivated in 1997 was some 2 percent higher. In addition to an expansion in area planted, losses were lower and the overall area harvested as a proportion of that planted is likely to reach 99 percent compared to between 95 and 96 percent in previous years. -
No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)FAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY ASSESSMENT MISSION TO SRI LANKA - 9 April 1997 1997
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No results found.In 1995/96, Sri Lanka experienced a serious drought which significantly reduced production of both the main Maha and secondary Yala rice crops. The population in the north were particularly affected by the drought and by continued civil strife, which accentuated food supply difficulties. In view of these events, and at the request of the Government a joint FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission was recently fielded to review 1996/97 rice production and the overall food supply situation. In addition to discussions with Government, UN agencies and NGOs, at central and district level, field visits were made to the main rice producing areas of Kurunegala, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Moneragala, Hambantota and Ratnapura. Although the mission visited Vavuniya, which acts as a co-ordinating office for the uncleared districts of Vavuniya (North), Mannar, Kilinochchi and Mullaittivu, the northern part of the country was not visited due to the prevailing security situation. -
No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)FAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY ASSESSMENT MISSION TO UGANDA - 8 April 1997 1997
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No results found.Following dry weather in several parts of the country during the secondary season (October-December), and in view of persistent civil strife in the northern districts which has resulted in displacement of a large number of rural households, an FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission was fielded to Uganda to assess the 1996/97
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