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Current Feed ContentSWAZILAND: A better maize crop, but not enoughSwaziland's anticipated maize harvest this year will be double the size it was in 2007, when drought devastated the crop, but still not enough. According to UN estimates, over 20 percent of the country's one million people face the possibility of going hungry. Output of the local staple, maize, is projected at 64,000 tonnes this season, meaning that the "total cereal import requirement in the 2008/09 marketing year (April/March) is ... about 136,000 tonnes," said a joint assessment by the UN... |
