FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 02/02 - VENEZUELA (1 February)
Harvesting of the 2001 maize crop has been just completed and output is provisionally estimated at a record 1.4 million tonnes, compared to the past 5-year average of 1.1 million tonnes. Production of sorghum in 2001, by contrast, was slightly below average while an average paddy output was collected.