date:Mar 11, 2014
y usable production falling by 2.9 million tonnes to 56.4 million tonnes in the 2014/2015 marketing year - which runs from July to June - due to both a fall in area and yields.
Usable production is the harvested production after deduction of on-field losses and wastage, which usually accounts for less than one percent of the crop. It pegged the maize harvest at 69.4 million tonnes this year, up from 65.7 million in 2013 and nearly 13 percent above the 5-year average, due to improved yields. Th