Foodcrops and Shortages Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture

No.3, October 2005

• HIGHLIGHTS BY CONTINENT
  
  AfricaAsiaLatin America and the CaribbeanEuropeNorth AmericaOceaniaWorld

• COUNTRIES FACING FOOD EMERGENCIES (total: 39 countries)
• AFRICA (25 countries)
• ASIA/NEAR EAST (11 countries)
• LATIN AMERICA (2 countries)
• EUROPE (1 country)
• COUNTRIES WITH UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS
• PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION OF LOCALIZED OR EXPORTABLE SURPLUSES REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE
• CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY SITUATION
• OVERVIEW
• SITUATION BY COUNTRY: Select one country or geographical zone in the list below and click on Go !
  
    ** WORLD ** ----------------------------------- ** NORTHERN AFRICA ** ALGERIA EGYPT MOROCCO TUNISIA ----------------------------------- ** WESTERN AFRICA ** BENIN BURKINA FASO CAPE VERDE CHAD COTE D'IVOIRE GAMBIA, REPUBLIC OF GHANA GUINEA* GUINEA-BISSAU LIBERIA* MALI MAURITANIA* NIGER NIGERIA SENEGAL SIERRA LEONE* TOGO ----------------------------------- ** CENTRAL AFRICA ** CAMEROON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (CAR) CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, REP OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA GABON SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ----------------------------------- ** EASTERN AFRICA ** BURUNDI* ERITREA* ETHIOPIA* KENYA RWANDA SOMALIA* SUDAN* TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF UGANDA ----------------------------------- ** SOUTHERN AFRICA ** ANGOLA* BOTSWANA LESOTHO* MADAGASCAR MALAWI* MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA SOUTH AFRICA SWAZILAND* ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE* ----------------------------------- ** NEAR EAST ** CYPRUS IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAQ* ISRAEL JORDAN LEBANON SAUDI ARABIA SYRIA TURKEY YEMEN ----------------------------------- ** ASIA ** AFGHANISTAN ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN BANGLADESH CAMBODIA CHINA GEORGIA INDIA INDONESIA JAPAN KAZAKHSTAN KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF* KOREA, REPUBLIC OF KYRGYZ REPUBLIC LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC MALAYSIA MALDIVES MONGOLIA* MYANMAR NEPAL PAKISTAN PHILIPPINES SRI LANKA* TAJIKISTAN THAILAND TIMOR-LESTE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TURKMENISTAN UZBEKISTAN VIET NAM ----------------------------------- ** CENTRAL AMERICA (including the Caribbean) ** COSTA RICA CUBA* DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EL SALVADOR GUATEMALA HAITI HONDURAS MEXICO NICARAGUA ----------------------------------- ** SOUTH AMERICA ** ARGENTINA BOLIVIA BRAZIL CHILE COLOMBIA ECUADOR PERU URUGUAY VENEZUELA ----------------------------------- ** EUROPE ** EU ALBANIA BELARUS BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA BULGARIA CROATIA ESTONIA LATVIA LITHUANIA MOLDOVA ROMANIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO SLOVAK REPUBLIC SLOVENIA THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA UKRAINE ----------------------------------- ** NORTH AMERICA ** CANADA UNITED STATES ----------------------------------- ** OCEANIA ** AUSTRALIA
Northern AfricaWestern AfricaCentral AfricaEastern AfricaSouthern Africa
Near EastAsiaCentral AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeNorth AmericaOceania


• ESTIMATED CEREAL IMPORT REQUIREMENTS OF LOW-INCOME FOOD-DEFICIT COUNTRIES
  • a) 2004/05 or 2005 estimates
  • b) 2005/06 estimates

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NOTE: This report is prepared on the responsibility of the FAO Secretariat with information from official and unofficial sources. Since conditions can change rapidly and information may not always represent the current crop or food supply situation as of present date, further enquiries should be made before any action is taken. None of the reports should be regarded in any way as statements of governmental views.

Enquiries may be directed to Henri Josserand, Chief, Global Information and Early Warning Service, Commodities and Trade Division, (ESC), FAO, Rome (Direct Facsimile: 39-06-5705-4495, E-mail: [email protected]).

The designations employed and the presentation of material in this bulletin do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.