FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops and Shortages No.2, June 2003

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AFFECTED COUNTRIES1/

COUNTRIES FACING FOOD EMERGENCIES (Total: 36 countries)

AFRICA (23 countries)

Angola*Returnees
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
Guinea*IDPs and refugees
Kenya*Drought in parts
LesothoAdverse weather in parts
Liberia*Civil strife, IDPs
MadagascarDrought in parts, economic disruption
Mauritania*Drought
MozambiqueDrought in southern 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
Zimbabwe*Drought, economic disruption

ASIA (7 countries)

Afghanistan*Effects of recent drought and war
GeorgiaStructural problems and input shortages
Iraq*Recent war, shortage of inputs, effects of recent drought
Korea, DPR*Adverse weather, economic constraints
Mongolia*Harsh winters, drought
Tajikistan*Input and irrigation water shortages
Timor-LesteDrought

LATIN AMERICA (4 countries)

El SalvadorInternational coffee crisis
GuatemalaInternational coffee crisis
HondurasInternational coffee crisis
NicaraguaInternational coffee crisis

EUROPE (2 countries)

Russian Federation (Chechyna)Civil strife
Serbia & MontenegroRefugees

COUNTRIES WITH UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS

CountryMain contributory factors
Central Afr. Rep.Civil strife
C�te d�IvoireCivil strife
EcuadorAdverse weather
Liberia*Civil strife
MoldovaDrought and frost
TanzaniaDry weather
VenezuelaEconomic constraints, drought

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 June issue of "Food Outlook".


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