FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 04/02 - COLOMBIA (4 April)
Harvesting of the 2001 second cereal crops has been completed and average to above-average outputs of wheat and maize respectively have been collected. A slightly above-average output of paddy has also been harvested. Planting of the 2002 cereal crops is about to start and expanded plantings are tentatively forecast, mainly as a result of government incentives and favourable weather conditions.
Food assistance from the international community is being provided to the internally displaced population, victims of the civil strife affecting the country.