Country | Harvest date | Main contributory factors | |
Afghanistan* | May/June | Adverse weather, civil strife | |
Armenia* | Aug./Sept. | Shortage of seed, economic constraints | |
Georgia* | July/Sept. | Shortage of seed, economic constraints | |
Jordan | March/Apr. | Erratic rainfall | |
Tajikistan* | Jun./Sept. | Shortage of seed, economic constraints |
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1/ Both here 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/ Country requiring external assistance for purchase and distribution of localized surpluses to deficit areas.