date:Jun 11, 2014
This years wheat and barley production is forecast slightly higher than in 2013, mainly due to favourable weather during the growing season.
Plantings of the 2014 maize crop was completed in March, while that of rice and millet started in early May and will continue into August. FAO preliminarily forecasts the 2014 maize and rice outputs at 82,000 and 90,000 tonnes, respectively, slightly above last years good harvests, mainly due to an estimated expansion in area planted of both crops.
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