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    Estimated cereal production for 1999 is put at 138,700 mt which is higher than 1998 levels but below the 1997/98 pre-war crisis level and below average.

    Production of coarse grains increased, while that of rice decreased due to flooding and pest attacks. Following presidential elections in late 1999 the overall food supply situation has improved, GIEWS reported. However
    some population groups are still facing food supply difficulties, mainly in urban areas and in Bambadinca, Fulakunda and Catio areas - to the east, southeast and south of the capital, Bissau.

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