FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.4, September/October 2000 - Page 2

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AFFECTED COUNTRIES1/

UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS

Armenia* Aug./Sept. Drought, economic constraints
Bolivia Sept./Oct. Flooding
Brazil Aug./Dec. Adverse weather
Congo, Dem.Rep.of* Nov./Dec. Civil strife
El Salvador Aug./Sept. Drought
Eritrea* Nov./Dec. War displacement, drought
Ethiopia* Oct./Dec. Drought
Georgia* July/Sept. Drought
Haiti* Jun./Sept. Drought
Honduras Aug./Nov. Drought
Jamaica Dec./Nov. Drought
Kenya Aug./Nov. Drought
Korea, DPR* Sept/Oct Drought, economic constraints
Madagascar Apr./Jun Drought/cyclones
Moldova Jul./Oct. Drought, economic constraints
Mongolia* Sept/Oct Drought, economic constraints
Mozambique Mar./Apr. Floods
Nicaragua Aug./Sept. Drought
Sierra Leone* Nov./Dec. Civil strife
Somalia* Aug./Sept. Drought, civil strife
Sudan* Nov./Dec. Drought, civil strife
Swaziland May/Jun. Excessive rains
Tajikistan* Jun./Sept. Drought, economic constraints
Yugoslavia, Fed.Rep.of* Jul./Sept. Floods, drought, economic constraints


COUNTRIES FACING EXCEPTIONAL FOOD EMERGENCIES (Total: 32 countries)2/

Country/Region Reason for Emergency

AFRICA (16 countries)

Angola* Civil strife, population displacement
Burundi* Civil strife and insecurity
Congo, Dem.Rep.* Civil strife, IDPs and refugees
Congo, Rep. of* Past civil strife
Eritrea* IDPs, returnees and drought
Ethiopia* Drought, IDPs
Kenya Drought
Liberia* Past civil strife, shortage of inputs
Madagascar Drought/cyclones
Mozambique Floods
Rwanda* Insecurity in parts
Sierra Leone* Civil strife, population displacement
Somalia* Drought, civil strife
Sudan* Civil strife in the south
Tanzania Food deficits in several regions
Uganda Civil strife in parts, drought

ASIA (11 countries)

Afghanistan* Civil strife, drought
Armenia* Drought
Azerbaijan Drought
Georgia* Drought
Cambodia Floods
Iraq* Economic embargo, drought
Jordan Drought
Korea, DPR* Economic problems
Mongolia* Economic problems, drought
Syria Drought
Tajikistan* Drought

LATIN AMERICA (3 countries)

Haiti* Structural economic problems
Honduras Adverse weather (hurricane Mitch)
Nicaragua Adverse weather (hurricane Mitch)

EUROPE (2 countries)

Russian Fed. Civil strife, vulnerable groups
F.Rep. Yugoslavia* Vulnerable groups and refugees

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2/This updates information published in the August 2000 issue of Food Outlook.

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

- Mali
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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.

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