Very few basic food grains have been sowed in Nicaragua during the 1979 season and it is estimated that 50 per cent of the commercial crop production has been destroyed. Among the major seed requirements are cotton. maize. rice and beans. There is also a critical need for fertilizer and agricultural tools and equipment. Nicaragua is also faced with the need to resettle refugees. A UNHCR mission. which has just returned from Nicaragua. was informed by the authorities there that. of the some 100.000 Nicaraguan refugees abroad. some 40.000 have so far returned. Another urgent requirement is quickdisbursing financial assistance to meet the immediate needs of the country until longerterm financial arrangements can be worked out. Mr.
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