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	Unfavourable prospects for current crops
	Food supply shortfall in current marketing year requiring exceptional assistance
	Unfavourable crop prospects and food supply shortfall

AFRICA: Two successive poor harvests in Southern Africa have led to the worst food shortages in the sub-region since the devastating drought of 1992. About 13 million people are estimated to be in need of emergency food assistance. In eastern Africa, despite floods and land slides that destroyed crops in parts, prospects for current season crops are favourable. In Northern Africa, below average cereal production is anticipated in Morocco and Tunisia due to insufficient rainfall. In central and western Africa, civil strife continues to hamper agricultural production in Liberia, the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo.