FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 11/01 - SENEGAL (6 November)
The rainy season is over. Following well above-average rains in early and mid-September, precipitation decreased in late September. Good rains were still registered in the south in mid-October but they ceased in late October. Following a joint FAO/CILSS Crop Assessment Mission which visited the country in mid-October, national services estimated from the annual production survey the aggregate output of cereals at around 1.1 million tonnes. This is 4 percent above the 2000 level and 18 percent above average.
The overall food supply situation is satisfactory. Markets are well supplied and prices of millet and sorghum have decreased following the arrival of fresh products on the market.