FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 04/01 - BOTSWANA (27 March)
Abundant rains in the third dekad of February arrived too late to prevent yield reduction in maize and sorghum crops stressed by dry weather since January. The output is anticipated to decline, or remain around the poor level of last year.
Following two consecutive reduced cereal harvests, the country has an import requirement of 250 000 tonnes of cereals in marketing year 2000/01 (April/March), all of which is expected to be imported commercially.
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