|
Country |
Main contributory factors |
Harvest date |
| Burundi* | Civil strife, shortage of inputs | Jan./Dec. |
| Cuba | Reduced plantings, shortages of inputs | June/Dec. |
| Haiti* | Reduced plantings, shortage of inputs | June/Sept. |
| Iraq | Low rainfall, shortage of inputs | May/June |
| Sri Lanka | Low irrigation reserves for second Yala crop | Aug./Sept. |
| Turkmenistan | Inadequate inputs and incentives | June/Aug. |
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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.), Niger (Nov./Oct.), Rwanda* (Jan./Dec.), Sierra Leone* (Jan./Dec.), Somalia* (Sept./Aug.), Sudan* (Nov./Oct.), Tajikistan* (July/June), Tanzania (Jun./May), Turkmenistan (July/June), Uganda (Jan./Dec.), Zaire* (Jan./Dec.)
- Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sudan
NOTES:
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(i) New countries included in this report
compared to last month's report, are underlined.
(ii) Countries with unfavourable prospects for current crop and/or uncovered
shortfalls are marked in bold
(iii) Countries affected or threatened by successive bad crops or food
shortages are marked with an asterisk (*).
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.