Unfavourable prospects for current crops | Food supply shortfall in current marketing year requiring exceptional assistance | Unfavourable crop prospects and food supply shortfall |
EUROPE: Aggregate 2001 cereal production in the EC is set to fall by about 5 percent from last year to 204 million tonnes due to smaller wheat crops. By contrast, cereal crops in central and eastern European countries are generally larger, after recovering from the drought-reduced levels last year. In the CIS west of the Urals the prospects are for significantly improved harvest this year, particularly in the Russian federation and Ukraine. |