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| | FAO/GIEWS Special Report on BURUNDI - 12/96 |
 | | In the northern and northeastern provinces representing some of the most important cereal producing areas, and where security conditions were stable, production was higher than anticipated earlier and normal. |
 | | Even in provinces affected by sporadic attacks, like Gitega, Muramvya, Rutana, Ruyigi, Makamba and Bururi, about 90 to 95 percent of the land was sown. |
 | | Despite overall favourable weather conditions during the growing season, in the central and southern provinces (Gitega, Karuzi, Rutana, Makamba and Bururi) yields were adversely affected by dry spells in April and May. Yields of bean and maize crops have dropped by about 30 percent in those provinces. |
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