KSH: 15.7 percent less grain grown in 2015 than in 2014
Last year, 2.6 million tons less, 15.7 percent less grain grew on 132 thousand less hectares (on a minus 4.7 percent smaller area, compared to 2014 – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced on Friday.
The decrease was mainly due to the 29.7 percent smaller amount of corn. Because of the heat and lack of rainfall in the early summer, about 2.77 million tons less, 6.545 million tons of corn was harvested on a 3.4 percent less area. The average yield decreased by 27.2 percent and became 5.69 tons per hectare. (MTI)
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