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For MY 2016/2017, lemon production is forecast to decrease due to unfavorable weather conditions in the main citrus growing region of Argentina.

The impact of the drought and hail damage is anticipated to have a greater effect in the production areas of Limpopo resulting in decreases in the 2015/16 MY production of grapefruit and oranges.

Post forecasts that the area under cotton production in Zimbabwe will increase, under normal climatic conditions, to about 300,000 hectares and production will recover to around 210,000 MT

Ethiopia’s coffee production this year (MY15/16) is expected to climb slightly upward despite the El Nino drought.

For calendar year (CY) 2016, Post revises production down to 640,000 metric tons (MT) for apples and 580,000 MT for fresh pears.