In West Africa, conditions are favourable for main season crop development in southern bimodal areas, and planting activities continued in the Sahel under favourable conditions. In Southern Africa, harvest of main season cereals is complete, and final yields were generally favourable except in drought-affected areas. Planting activities continued for winter wheat crops under favourable conditions. Wet season rice is developing under generally favourable conditions and benefitted from recent rainfall. In Central America and the Caribbean, recent tropical storms resulted in flooding, landslides, and localized crop losses but were generally beneficial for the development of Primera season crops.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 02, 2020 17:37 UTC