FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 04/01 - LITHUANIA (23 February)
The early outlook for the 2001 winter cereal harvest is satisfactory but crop development in the northeastern corner of the country, bordering Latvia is less than a year ago. The 2000 grain harvest reached 2.7 million tonnes, above average and 0.6 million tonnes more than in 1999, reflecting sharply higher yields for both winter and spring crops. Livestock production declined across the board but the aggregate output of agriculture increased by 2.2 percent in 2000. Agriculture ranks as the fifth largest contributor to national GDP and accounts for about 20 percent of employment.
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