date:Jul 23, 2014
cted to have negatively affected yields of the potato crops the most.
Planting of the 2014 main season rice and maize crops normally starts in April and continues until mid-June.
Rains resumed more normal patterns from the first dekad of May over the main crop-producing areas improving soil moisture and allowing maize and rice transplanting to take place.
However, the delayed sowing and re-planting in parts, due to the insufficient rains in April, will likely negatively affect yields of the 2