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Poor prospects for 2008 cereal crops in East Africa, Horn - FAO

A woman sells potato’s in one of the city market in Nairobi, Kenya 2008.The price of the food has gone high. Julius Mwelu/IRIN
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    FAO's latest global watch released on 15 July reports unfavourable prospects for 2008 cereal crops in several countries in East and Horn of Africa and worsening food security for millions.

    Harvesting of the 2008 main season cereal crops is under way or soon to start in Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. In Ethiopia, the harvest of the secondary `belg’ crop is in progress. Although the important March-May rains improved towards the end of the period, cumulative totals remain below normal in large areas of Ethiopia, Somalia, parts of western Kenya and in the Karamoja region of Uganda. Thus, crop prospects in these countries remain generally poor.

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