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    Drought-affected Bolivian crop yields fell for the second consecutive year

    • Last Update: 2022-12-30
    • Source: Internet
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    The Bolivian Association of Oil and Wheat Producers (Anapo) recently reported that the total production of soybeans, corn, sorghum, sunflower, wheat and chia seeds this year has fallen for the second consecutive year to about 4.
    524 million tons, down 5% from last year and 11%
    from the year before, due to dry weather affected by planting activities.
     
    Anapo President Fidel Flores noted that this year's total cereal production has brought in at least $1.
    8 billion in financial flows, an increase of 12%
    compared to 2021, the Bolivian newspaper The Opinion reported on December 15.
     
    This year, soybeans are the highest-yielding crop of cereals, with a total output of 3.
    075 million mt, down 4 percent
    from last year, Anapo data showed.
    Average soybean production fell to 2.
    04 mt/ha
    this year from 2.
    3 mt/ha last year, affected by summer and winter drought.
     
    This year, wheat production saw the largest year-on-year decline of 44%, with an average yield of just 0.
    87 mt/ha for a total yield of 103,000 mt, followed by maize with a 28% drop of 453,000 mt, with an average yield of 2.
    82 mt/ha this year from 4 mt/ha in 2021; Sunflower came in third with a decline of 16%.

    Average sunflower production fell from 1.
    32 mt/ha last year to 1.
    04 mt/ha this year, compared to a total of 173,000 mt
    this year, due to drought and severe cold.
     
    Although the total yield of this year's crop has decreased, the yield of chia seeds has risen sharply, up 68% from last year, to 4,800 tonnes, with an average yield increasing from 0.
    14 tonnes/ha to 0.
    24 tonnes/ha, but still lower than the previous year's 0.
    53 tonnes/ha
    .
    In addition, total sorghum production this year also increased by 29% from last year to 712,000 tonnes, but fell by 100%
    compared to the previous year.
    This year's average sorghum production was 1.
    59 mt/ha, which has not yet recovered to 2.
    93 mt/ha
    the previous year.
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