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Lebanon

GIEWS Country Briefs: Lebanon 18-April-2011

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FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT

  • Good rains improve prospects for 2011 crops

  • Winter wheat production in 2010 affected by yellow rust.

  • Cereal import requirements in 2010/11 set at high level.

Prospects for the 2011 winter crops improved following beneficial rainfall in March and April that boosted soil moisture for the wheat and barley crops to be harvested from June 2011.