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Figures show increase in overall production

    NAIROBI

    A joint assessment carried out by the Rwandan government, FAO, WFP, the European Union and USAID's Famine Early Warning System (FEWS) has noted a nine percent increase in overall agricultural and livestock production compared to last year. A report released by FEWS attributes this to increased cultivation in the northwest due to improved security and recent agriculture rehabilitation efforts. The team found that livestock numbers
    had also increased. It established a provisional food balance for
    July-December 1999 showing a commercial import requirement of some 50,000 mt and a food aid requirement of 73,000 mt of cereal-equivalents.

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