FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 06/99 - COLOMBIA (22 June)
Planting of the 1999/2000 first (main) coarse grains crop, principally maize, is near completion. Harvesting is due from September and early forecasts indicate that production should decrease from last year’s 1.2 million tonnes to an average 1 million tonnes. This is the result of heavy rains and flooding which affected the crops at planting. Sowing of the 1999 paddy crop is complete, for harvest from August, and the area planted is estimated to be about average. To meet domestic demand, however, about 350 000 tonnes to 400 000 tonnes will need to be imported in the 2000 marketing year (January/December).
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