GIEWS Country Brief: Timor-Leste, 3-September-2010 - Favourable
harvest of 2010 main season paddy crop is expected. - Stable
prices of staples such as rice and maize. - Chronic poverty and
food insecurity persist. Favourable harvest of 2010 main season
paddy crop is expected In the absence of the official figures so
far, FAO preliminarily estimates the 2010/11 (July/June) paddy
production including this season's main paddy harvest and a
forecast for small amount of secondary crop later in the year,
at 130 000 tonnes, some 7 percent over the last year. Maize crop
for 2010/11 is at 120 000 tonnes, although slightly lower than
record harvest of 2009/10 still higher than the average of the
past five years. The Minsitry of Agriculture, based on the crop
cutting surveys during the harvest periods of rice and maize
crops, established the total paddy production for 2009 as 120
775 tonnes, about 50 percent higher than the previous year's
bumper harvest. Similalrly, maize production of 2009 is
estimated at 134 715 tonn