Country |
Harvest date |
Main contributory factors |
Burundi* | Jan./Dec. | Civil strife, shortage of inputs |
Chile | Dec./Feb. | Insufficient rains |
Cuba | April/June | Reduced plantings, shortages of inputs, hurricane floods |
Haiti* | Nov./Jan. | Reduced plantings, shortage of inputs (second season crops) |
Kenya | Feb./Mar. | Insufficient rains (second season crop) |
Somalia* | Jan/Feb. | Insufficient rains (second season crop) |
Tanzania | Jan./Feb. | Insufficient rains (second season crop) |
Uganda | Jan./Feb. | insufficient rains (second season crop) |
1/ Main crop unless otherwise indicated.
- Afghanistan* (July/June), Angola* (Apr./Mar.), Armenia* (July/June), Azerbaijan (July/June), Bosnia-Herzegovina* (July/June), Burundi* (Jan./Dec.),Chad (Nov./Dec.), Eritrea (Jan./Dec.), Ethiopia* (Jan./Dec.), Georgia* (Jan./Dec.), Haiti* (July/June), Iraq* (July/June), Kenya, (Oct./Sept.), Korea, D.P.R.* (Nov./Oct.), Laos* (Jan./Dec.), Liberia* (Jan./Dec.), Mauritania (Nov./Oct.) Mongolia* (Oct./Sept.), Mozambique* (May/Apr.), Rwanda* (Jan./Dec.), Sierra Leone* (Jan./Dec.), Somalia* (Sept./Aug.), Sudan* (Nov./Oct.), Tajikistan* (July/June), Turkmenistan (July/June), Zaire* (Jan./Dec.)
- Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Uganda, Sudan
DEFINITIONS:
"Unfavourable Prospects for Current Crops":
Refer to prospects of a shortfall in production of current crops as a result
of a reduction of the area planted and/or adverse weather conditions, plant
pests, diseases and other calamities which indicate a need for close monitoring
of the crops for the remainder of the growing season.
"Shortfalls in Food Supplies in Current Marketing
Year Requiring Exceptional External Assistance": Refer to an exceptional
shortfall in aggregate supplies or a localized deficit as a result of crop
failures, natural disasters, interruption of imports, disruption of distribution,
excessive post-harvest losses, other supply bottlenecks and/or an increased
demand for food arising from population movements within the country or
an influx of refugees. In the case of an exceptional shortfall in aggregate
food supplies, exceptional and/or emergency food aid may be required to
cover all or part of the deficit.
"Distribution of Local and/or Exportable Surpluses
Requiring External Assistance": Refers to a situation of an exceptional
surplus existing in a particular area of a country which needs to be transported
to deficit areas in the same country or the neighbouring countries for
which purpose external assistance is required.