Country | Harvest date | Main contributory factors | |
Armenia* | Aug./Sept. | Shortage of seed, economic constraints | |
Belize | Oct./Dec. | Torrential rains, flooding | |
Brazil | Aug./Dec. | Adverse weather | |
Congo, Dem.Rep.of* | Nov./Dec. | Civil strife | |
El Salvador | Nov./Dec. | Drought | |
Eritrea* | Nov./Dec. | War displacement, drought | |
Ethiopia* | Oct./Dec. | Late rains | |
Georgia* | July/Sept. | Shortage of seed, economic constraints | |
Haiti* | Nov./Dec. | Drought | |
Honduras | Nov./Dec. | Drought, torrential rains, flooding | |
Kenya | Aug./Nov. | Drought | |
Nicaragua | Nov./Dec. | Drought, hurricane rains, flooding | |
Sierra Leone* | Nov./Dec. | Civil strife | |
Sudan* | Nov./Dec. | Drought, civil strife | |
Tanzania | Jan./Feb. | Localized drought | |
Tajikistan* | Jun./Sept. | Shortage of seed, economic constraints |
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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/ This updates information published in the November 2000 issue of Food Outlook.