FAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY ASSESSMENT MISSION TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA (SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO) - 10 August 2000
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An FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission visited the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) (excluding the UN Administered Province of Kosovo) between 21 June and 7 July 2000. In view of the adverse agro-meteorological conditions in 1999/2000 which exacerbated the economic difficulties, the aim of the Mission was to conduct a thorough examination of the information about the expected production of wheat, appraise first-hand the standing foodcrops, forecast the 2000 harvest and assess the current and prospective food supply situation at the national level. Throughout its work, the Mission received assistance from the government, the Economics Institute, the Yugoslav Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the International Rescue Committee, and all UN agencies present. During its stay, the Mission made field visits to the Vojvodina, (Pancevo, Novi Sad, Stara Pazova, Zrenjanin, Kikinda, Kovacica, Konak, Mokrin, Jasatomic, Sid), and Central Serbia (Kraljevo valley, Kragujevac, Cuprija, Nis, Pirot, Zajecar, Vranje, Leskovac), visiting 40 out of the 160 municipalities in Serbia. These visits enabled the Mission to observe fields and talk with large and small scale farmers in different geographical, economic and organizational settings. Information on the harvest outlook in Montenegro, where cereal production is not significant, was obtained from in-country project staff. The agricultural sector in the country has been generally in decline since the early 1990's, but the 199 9/2000 cropping year was particularly difficult. Man-made and natural disasters, (sanctions, bomb damage, floods, water logging and drought), shortages of inputs, particularly fertilizer, but also fuel, and low prices have combined to reduce average yields. The yields of winter and spring cereals as well as fodder and industrial crops are expected to be lower than in 1999.