OUTSIDE HELP: The country will have to depend heavily on neighbouring countries for its food imports ... The situation, the think-tank says, has been exacerbated by the failed El Nino rains whose occurrence many farmers had pegged their hopes in to enhance their maize harvest.
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Eastern province, which produces more than 60% of national 'short rain' production. However, “short rains” maize production represents only ...
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Figure 3. Area planted and yield for maize during the period 1985-2003. Negative trend for the yield and positive trend for the area are up to now compensating each other and are resulting in the absence of trend for the National maize production.
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It's time to pay our climate debt ... Rains are unpredictable. I used to plant maize, but now I can’t. I have now changed from maize to soya beans, which is a short crop. But it is not as durable as maize; it often gets eaten up by insects. If I had irrigation systems I could plant maize.
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Jan 4, 2010 ... Submit your comment Widespread rains in recent days have dampened white maize future prices, resulting in a weaker close on the local bourse ...
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Huge stocks of paddy and maize kept in open at various agricultural market yards in the district were also either washed away or damaged due to sudden rains. The downpour comes at a time when the harvesting of standing paddy crop is hardly a week or 10 days away.
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Zambia is heading for a maize bumper harvest due to good rains experienced in this agriculture season and its total maize output is expected to rebound to 1.2 million tons, local media in Lusaka reported on Sunday.
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(RATIN) strongly shows that the 2008/09 long rains maize pro-duction will be reduced but it is still too early to get a clear indication of the percentage drop.
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US grain prices rise on hot, dry weather, but rains forecast. Maize prices rose $3 to $100/t FOB Gulf, though rain is expected soon. The USDA report that 22% of the winter wheat crop has been harvested with protein levels seen lower in the Hard Red Winter crop.
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