A joint food supply assessment mission undertaken by FAO and WFP in July indicated a yield decrease of three percent compared to the same period last year. It attributed the decrease to low rainfall and insecurity. The food production is considered to be below the country’s average of the past five years and the pre-crisis period before 1993. Season B is the main agricultural season in the country. The mission provisionally estimated total food production for the year 2000 to be around 3,472,000 mt and the unmet deficit (after production, expected imports, and food aid have been considered) at 21,000 mt of cereals, 99,000 mt of pulses and 58,000 mt of cereal-equivalents.
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