FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 11/98 - MONGOLIA* (25 November)
Harvesting of this year's wheat crop is almost complete. Despite average to above average rainfall in the summer, planted area in 1998 is estimated to have declined by nearly 2 percent to 323 000 hectares compared with 1997.
In 1997/98, the United States and Japan have donated 10 000 tonnes and 20 000 tonnes of grain respectively.
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