FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.3, June 2002 - Page 2

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AFFECTED COUNTRIES1/


COUNTRIES FACING EXCEPTIONAL FOOD EMERGENCIES (Total: 32 countries)

Country/Region Reason for Emergency

AFRICA (21 countries)

Angola* Civil strife, IDPs
Burundi* Civil strife and insecurity
Congo, Dem.Rep.* Civil strife, IDPs and refugees
Congo Rep. of* Civil strife
Eritrea* IDPs, returnees and drought in parts
Ethiopia* Drought in parts, IDPs
Guinea IDPs and refugees
Kenya* Drought in parts
Lesotho Drought in parts
Liberia* Civil strife, IDPs
Malawi Drought in parts
Mauritania Irrigation water shortages
Mozambique Drought in parts
Sierra Leone* Civil strife, IDPs
Somalia* Drought, civil strife
Sudan* Civil strife in the south, drought in parts
Swaziland Drought in parts
Tanzania Drought in parts, refugees
Uganda Civil strife in parts, IDPs
Zambia Drought in parts
Zimbabwe* Drought

ASIA (7 countries)

Afghanistan* Drought, war
Georgia Drought, economic constraints
Iraq* Shortage of inputs, drought
Korea, DPR* Adverse weather, economic constraints
Mongolia* Harsh winters, economic constraints
Tajikistan* Irrigation water shortages, economic constraints
Uzbekistan* Irrigation water shortages, economic constraints

LATIN AMERICA (2 countries)

El Salvador Drought, earthquakes
Guatemala Drought, economic problems

EUROPE (2 countries)

Russian Federation
(Chechyna)
Civil strife
F.Rep. Yugoslavia*
(Serbia & Montenegro)
Refugees

COUNTRIES WITH UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS

Country Harvest date Main contributory factors
Afghanistan* May/July Conflict, shortage of inputs, adverse weather, locusts
China* May/June Drought at planting
Georgia June/August Irrigation water shortages, locusts
Morocco May/July Inadequate rain
Tajikistan* June/August Irrigation water shortages, locusts
Tunisia June/July Inadequate rains

PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION OF LOCALIZED OR EXPORTABLE SURPLUSES
REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE:

Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sudan


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1/ 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 poor crops or food shortages are marked with an asterisk (*). Definitions can be found on the Contents page. Note: The maps on the front cover indicate countries with unfavourable crop prospects and/or those facing exceptional food emergencies.

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