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Zambia 2018 maize output to fall about 34 percent - government
Reuters Staff
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia’s maize production for the 2017/2018 crop season will fall to 2.39 million tonnes from 3.61 million tonnes produced in the previous season largely due to drought, a government survey said on Friday.
FILE PHOTO: Peasant farmer Joseph Mhlanga stands over a pile of maize or corn cobs in his modest house at Malakata village, about 10 miles (16 km) from the Zambian capital Lusaka, June 20, 2011. REUTERS/Mackson Wasamunu
“Dry spells have negatively affected the production of some crops in the country. In addition we had reports of army worms and stalk borers attacking maize fields,” the ministry of agriculture said.
Dry weather and an outbreak of armyworms, which ravaged southern Africa earlier last year, have raised concerns over the crop output.
Reporting by Chris Mfula. Editing by Jane Merriman
Zambia 2018 maize output to fall about 34 percent - government
Reuters Staff
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia’s maize production for the 2017/2018 crop season will fall to 2.39 million tonnes from 3.61 million tonnes produced in the previous season largely due to drought, a government survey said on Friday.
FILE PHOTO: Peasant farmer Joseph Mhlanga stands over a pile of maize or corn cobs in his modest house at Malakata village, about 10 miles (16 km) from the Zambian capital Lusaka, June 20, 2011. REUTERS/Mackson Wasamunu
“Dry spells have negatively affected the production of some crops in the country. In addition we had reports of army worms and stalk borers attacking maize fields,” the ministry of agriculture said.
Dry weather and an outbreak of armyworms, which ravaged southern Africa earlier last year, have raised concerns over the crop output.
Reporting by Chris Mfula. Editing by Jane Merriman
Zambia 2018 maize output to fall about 34 percent - government