FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.3, June 1999 2

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AFFECTED COUNTRIES1/

UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS 2/

Country Harvest date Main contributory factors
Afghanistan* May/June Weather anomalies, civil strife
Armenia* Aug./Sept. Dry conditions
Congo, Dem.Rep.of* June/July Civil strife
Congo, Rep. of* June/July Civil strife
Cuba Mar./July Drought, shortages of inputs
Ethiopia* June/Aug. Drought
Honduras August Reduced plantings, low prices
Iran June/Aug. Drought
Iraq* May/June Drought
Israel Mar./Apr. Drought
Jordan May/June Drought
Kenya Aug./Oct. Erratic rains, pests
Mexico Oct./Nov. Drought
Sierra Leone* Nov./Dec. Civil strife
Somalia* Aug./Sept. Drought/pests
Syria June/July Drought

SHORTFALLS IN FOOD SUPPLIES IN CURRENT MARKETING YEAR REQUIRING EXCEPTIONAL AND/OR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE (Total: 37 countries)

AFRICA (14 countries):
Angola*; Burundi*; Democratic Republic of Congo*; Republic of Congo*; Eritrea*; Ethiopia*; Guinea-Bissau*; Liberia*; Rwanda*; Sierra Leone*; Somalia*; Sudan*; Tanzania; Uganda

ASIA (5 countries):
Afghanistan*; Iraq*; Jordan; DPR Korea*; Mongolia*

CENTRAL AMERICA (8 countries):
Cuba; Dominican Republic; El Salvador; Guatemala; Haiti*; Honduras; Nicaragua; St.Kitts&Nevis

SOUTH AMERICA (1 country):
Guyana

COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (5 countries):
Armenia*; Azerbaijan; Georgia*; Russian Federation; Tajikistan*

EUROPE (4 countries):
Albania; Bosnia-Herzegovina*; Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia; Yugoslavia Fed.Rep.of*


DISTRIBUTION OF LOCAL AND/OR EXPORTABLE SURPLUSES REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE:

- Sudan

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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.

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