Country |
Harvest date |
Main contributory factors |
Bangladesh | Nov./Jan. | Floods |
Cambodia | December | Drought |
China | Nov./Dec. | Floods |
Congo, Dem.Rep.of* | Sept./Oct. | Civil strife |
Cuba | Sept./Dec. | Reduced plantings, drought, shortages of inputs |
Ecuador | May/Sept. | Adverse weather, reduced plantings |
Guinea Bissau | Oct./Nov. | Civil strife |
Guyana | Sept./Oct. | Drought, reduced plantings |
Kazakhstan | July/Oct. | Drought |
Laos* | Nov./Dec. | Drought |
Nepal | Nov./Dec. | Floods, landslides |
Philippines | Aug./Sept. | Drought |
Russian Federation | July/Oct. | Drought |
Sierra Leone* | Sept./Dec. | Civil strife |
Suriname | Sept./Oct. | Drought |
Ukraine | July/Oct. | Drought |
Viet Nam | October | Drought |
AFRICA (13 countries):
Angola*, Burundi*, Democratic Republic of Congo*, Eritrea*, Ethiopia*, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia*, Rwanda*, Sierra Leone*, Somalia*, Sudan*, Uganda, Zambia
ASIA (7 countries):
Afghanistan*, Bangladesh, Indonesia*, Iraq*, Korea, D.P.R.*, Laos*, Mongolia*
CENTRAL AMERICA (2 countries):
SOUTH AMERICA (1 country):
COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (4 countries):
EUROPE (2 countries):
OCEANIA (1 country):
- Sudan
1/ New countries included in this report compared to
the last report, are underlined on this page; both here and in the text,
countries with unfavourable prospects for current crop and/or uncovered shortfalls
are marked in bold and those affected or threatened by successive
bad crops or food shortages are marked with an asterisk (*). Definitions can
be found on the Contents page.
2/ Main crop unless otherwise indicated.