FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 11/00 - BELARUS (6 November)
Official reports point to a bunker weight grain harvest of about 5.5 million tonnes. Satellite imagery confirms official forecasts for a better harvest than last year's poor 3.6 million tonnes. However, bearing in mind untimely frost in May, hot dry conditions in June, pervasive economic problems and shortages of inputs FAO tentatively forecasts the 2000 harvest at 4.7 million tonnes cleaned weight at most.
In 2000/01, the country will need to import cereals for human consumption and has already contracted some 350 000 tonnes from Kazakhstan.
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