FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops and Shortages No.1, March 2003 - Page 2

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AFFECTED COUNTRIES1/

COUNTRIES FACING FOOD EMERGENCIES (Total: 38 countries)

Region/CountryReason for Emergency

AFRICA (25 countries)

Angola*Internally displaced persons (IDPs)
Burundi*Civil strife, IDPs
Cape VerdeDrought
Central Afr. Rep.Civil strife, IDPs
Congo, Dem.Rep.*Civil strife, IDPs and refugees
Congo Rep. of*Civil strife, IDPs
C�te d�IvoireCivil strife, IDPs
Eritrea*Drought,IDPs, returnees
Ethiopia*Drought , IDPs
GuineaIDPs and refugees
Kenya*Drought in parts
LesothoAdverse weather
Liberia*Civil strife, IDPs
MadagascarDrought in parts, economic disruption
MalawiAdverse weather
Mauritania*Drought
MozambiqueDrought and floods in parts
Sierra Leone*Civil strife, IDPs
Somalia*Civil strife, drought in parts
Sudan*Civil strife, drought in parts
SwazilandDrought in parts
TanzaniaDrought in parts, refugees
UgandaCivil strife, IDPs, drought in parts
ZambiaDrought in parts
Zimbabwe*Drought, economic disruption

ASIA (6 countries)

Afghanistan*Effects of recent drought and war
GeorgiaDrought and input shortages
Iraq*Shortage of inputs, effects of recent drought
Korea, DPR*Adverse weather, economic constraints
Mongolia*Harsh winters, drought
TajikistanInput and irrigation water shortages

LATIN AMERICA (5 countries)

El SalvadorInternational coffee crisis
GuatemalaInternational coffee crisis
HaitiDrought, flooding
HondurasInternational coffee crisis
NicaraguaInternational coffee crisis

EUROPE (2 countries)

Russian Federation (Chechyna)Civil strife
Fed. Rep. Yugoslavia (Serbia & Montenegro)Refugees

COUNTRIES WITH UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS

CountryMain contributory factors
ArgentinaEconomic constraints, adverse weather
Burundi*Dry weather
Central Afr. Rep.Dry weather, civil strife
C�te d�IvoireDry weather, civil strife
Liberia*Civil strife
Mauritania*Drought
ZimbabweDrought

1/ Both here and in the text, countries with unfavourable prospects for current crop and/or uncovered shortfalls are marked in bold and thoseaffected or threatened by successive poor crops or food shortages are marked with an asterisk (*). Definitions can be found on the Contents page. This updates information on food emergencies in the February issue of "Food Outlook".


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