Fwd: [NeKSAP] Crop Situation Update - July 2012

[Ranjeev shrestha]

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From: Mariko Kawabata <mariko.ka...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 8:31 AM
Subject: [NeKSAP] Crop Situation Update - July 2012
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Dear NeKSAP members,

I am pleased to be able to send you the Crop Situation Update,
produced jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives,
the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO).

The Crop Situation Update is prepared based on a joint Crop and Food
Security mission that took place in April-May 2012. Highlights
include:


Preliminary estimates of the 2011/12 winter crop production stand at
1.85 million MT and 0.35 million MT for wheat and barley respectively,
representing an increase of 5.7 percent and 14.9 percent compared to
last year;
The overall 2011/12 cereal crop production shows an increase of 9.8
percent to 9.46 million MT as compared to 8.62 million MT last year.
As a result, the country has a total of 886.3 thousand MT (17.2
percent of the requirement) edible cereal crop production surplus.
Despite the overall good harvest, most of the Far and the Mid-Western
Hill and Mountain districts are reportedly deficit;
An increase in the 2011/12 crop production is mainly attributed to the
timely and adequate precipitation across the country at the plantation
and growing period, relatively timely availability of seeds and
fertilizers compared to previous years and agricultural productivity
enhancing programmes supported by both government and non-government
organizations;
Insufficient pre-monsoon rainfall and the delay in starting monsoon
will likely affect the normal growth of maize and seasonal vegetables
in the hill and mountain belts, including the growth of paddy
seedlings. The situation of summer crop production will be monitored
closely by the NeKSAP (Nepal Food Security Monitoring and Analysis
System) in coming months.


For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

With best regards,

Mariko Kawabata
Food Security Monitoring & Analysis Unit, World Food Programme Nepal

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