Crop Output in the Balance: "Heavy rains in grain-producing areas are likely to result in mixed fortunes during the upcoming harvest season.
Although the recent rains have allowed most areas to recover from poor conditions last year, persistent heavy rains could do more damage than good, the Namibia Early Warning and Food Information Unit (Newfiu) says.
'The heavy rains throughout much of the country have raised the potential for an improved harvest in all the crop-producing regions.
However, excess rains also resulted in flooding, water logging and nutrient leaching in some areas, which could reduce crop yields,' says the latest crop and food security bulletin.
On the other hand, the possibility of an abrupt end to the rains in the north-central regions, where the start of the agricultural season has been delayed because of late rains, could affect crop yield.
Newfiu however reports that prospects for the 2006 crops to be harvested from May are favourable."
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