FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 01/00 - SAUDI ARABIA (7 February)

SAUDI ARABIA (7 February)

Following recent good rainfall, prospects improved for the 2000 wheat crop, to be harvested in April/May. Production of wheat in 1999 is estimated at 1.5 million tonnes, about 17 percent below the previous year's output. The low to moderate rains throughout January in most of the country are expected to be suitable for breeding desert locusts and low numbers are likely to be present near Jizan where numbers could gradually increase.

Import of cereals in 1999/2000 (July/June) is currently forecast at about 6.9 million tonnes, similar to last year.

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