TOGO (15 June)
The first rains started in April in the south, allowing planting of the main maize crop due for harvest from July. The food supply situation should be satisfactorily this year, following the good crop harvested in 2004. However, the current political development may disrupt the growing season and affect the food situation of the country if population displacements continue. As of mid-June, about 35 743 people had fled the country, including 20 599 to Benin and 15 144 to Ghana.