EUROPE: The 2000 cereal crops in many central and eastern countries of the region have been struck by widespread drought lasting from the spring right through the summer. As a result, yields of cereals, especially the spring/summer crops, have been well below normal. Particularly sharp reductions are reported in Poland and Romania, normally the two largest producers among these countries. Elsewhere, in the CIS, larger crops are being gathered in the Russian Federation but output in the Ukraine and Moldova was affected by hot and dry weather.