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Cereal harvest hit by inadequate rains

    NAIROBI
    The government has announced a cereal production deficit of 589,000 mt as a result of short and unevenly distributed rains, a WFP emergency report received by IRIN on Monday stated. Despite the deficit, which would indicate a 14 percent shortfall on annual production, the government has reaffirmed its intention to restock a strategic grain reserve of 150,000 mt of maize grain in anticipation of shortages expected in central regions, the report added.

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