Reports

Summary A total of 2.2 million hectares were planted to crops in 2001/02 season, of which 1.3 million hectares (or 56 percent) were planted to maize. The area planted to maize is 3 percent less than…

A developing drought is threatening 2001/02 summer crop yields across Zimbabwe. Corn, sorghum, cotton, tobacco and other summer crops could all be affected by the abnormally warm (table 1) and dry weather (table 2) that has…