FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 11/98 - TAJIKISTAN* (24 November)

TAJIKISTAN* (24 November)

Cereal production in 1998 is preliminarily estimated at 510 000 tonnes, some 13 percent below the 1997 crop, mainly reflecting a reduction in the total area planted to cereals in favour of cotton. Some 15 000 hectares were damaged or washed away by flooding in April. Yields of wheat, the main cereal crop, are estimated at 1.46 tonnes per hectare, compared to last year’s level of 1.6 tonnes due to adverse weather.

Despite the decline in domestic output, the total cereal import requirement for 1998/99 (July/June) is tentatively estimated at 360 000 tonnes, slightly lower than last year.

An appeal was launched in late July for a total of US$6.61 million, to support relief and rehabilitation activities. The security situation has deteriorated in October as a result of armed clashes between Government forces and opposition groups.

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