# GIEWS Country Brief: Lesotho 22-December-2020 - Lesotho | ReliefWeb

> A GIEWS country brief for Lesotho, dated December 22, 2020, reports that 2021 cereal plantings of maize and sorghum are nearly complete. Rainfall since October has been near average, and La Niña forecasts point to a higher chance of average to above-average rain in early 2021. Cereal production in 2020 recovered to near-average levels, but imports are expected to remain above average.

- Date: 2020-12-22 · published 2020-12-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Lesotho · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49575-giews-country-brief-lesotho-22-december-2020-lesotho-reliefweb
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Lesotho is a small import market, so its outlook has little effect on global prices. The favourable rain outlook supports local supply, which slightly reduces import demand for maize and sorghum.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- SORGHUM: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2016-12-23 | [GIEWS Country Brief: Viet Nam 23-December-2016 - Viet Nam \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73537-giews-country-brief-viet-nam-23-december-2016-viet-nam-reliefweb.md) | +0.8% | +3.6% |
| CORN | 2020-09-24 | [La Niña: Outlook 2020-21 (September 2020) - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51039-la-nina-outlook-2020-21-september-2020-world-reliefweb.md) | +2.4% | +7.3% |
| CORN | 2025-12-05 | [Crop Monitor for Early Warning \| No. 111 - December 2025 - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21411-crop-monitor-for-early-warning-no-111-december-2025-world-reliefweb.md) | -0.4% | -0.0% |
| CORN | 2025-11-21 | [Global Seasonal Outlook (November 2025) - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21856-global-seasonal-outlook-november-2025-world-reliefweb.md) | +1.1% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2019-12-12 | [December 2019 ENSO update: neutral, rinse, repeat \| NOAA Climate.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55496-december-2019-enso-update-neutral-rinse-repeat-noaa-climate-gov.md) | +5.5% | +5.7% |

## Sources

- reliefweb.int: https://reliefweb.int/report/lesotho/giews-country-brief-lesotho-22-december-2020

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