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COUNTRIES IN CRISIS REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE1 (total: 36 countries)
AFRICA (21 countries) |
Exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies | | Lesotho | Multiple year droughts | Somalia | Conflict, adverse weather | Swaziland | Multiple year droughts | Zimbabwe | Deepening economic crisis, drought, recent floods |
Widespread lack of access | | Eritrea | IDPs, economic constraints | Liberia | Post-conflict recovery period | Mauritania | Several years of drought | Sierra Leone | Post-conflict recovery period |
Severe localized food insecurity | | Burundi | Civil strife, IDPs and returnees | Central African Republic | Refugees | Chad | Refugees, conflict | Congo, Democratic Republic of | Civil strife | Congo, Republic of | IDPs | Côte d'Ivoire | Civil strife | Ethiopia | Insecurity in parts, localized crop failure | Ghana | Drought and floods | Guinea | Refugees | Guinea-Bissau | Localized insecurity | Kenya | Civil strife, adverse weather | Sudan | Civil strife | Uganda | Civil strife in the north |
ASIA (9 countries) |
Exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies | | Iraq | Conflict and insecurity |
Widespread lack of access | | Afghanistan | Conflict and insecurity | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. of | Economic constraints and effects of recent floods |
Severe localized food insecurity | | Bangladesh | Floods and cyclone | Indonesia | Landslides/floods, earthquakes | Nepal | Poor market access, conflict and floods | Pakistan | Insecurity and past floods | Sri Lanka | Conflict | Timor-Leste | IDPs, past drought and floods |
LATIN AMERICA (4 countries) |
Severe localized food insecurity | | Bolivia | Floods | Dominican Republic | Past floods | Haiti | Past floods | Nicaragua | Past floods |
EUROPE (2 countries) |
Exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies | | Moldova | Drought and lack of access to inputs for winter crops |
Severe localized food insecurity | | Russian Federation (Chechnya) | Civil conflict |
COUNTRIES WITH UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS2
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AFRICA | | Kenya | Insufficient rainfall | | Somalia | Adverse weather and insufficient rainfall |
TERMINOLOGY
1 Countries in crisis requiring external assistance are expected to lack the resources to deal with reported critical problems of food insecurity. Food crises are nearly always due to a combination of factors, but for the purpose of response planning, it is important to establish whether the nature of food crises is predominantly related to lack of food availability, limited access to food, or severe but localized problems. Accordingly, the list of countries requiring external assistance is organized into three broad, not mutually exclusive, categories:
Countries facing an exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies as a result of crop failure, natural disasters, interruption of imports, disruption of distribution, excessive post-harvest losses, or other supply bottlenecks. Countries with widespread lack of access, where a majority of the population is considered to be unable to procure food from local markets, due to very low incomes, exceptionally high food prices, or the inability to circulate within the country. Countries with severe localized food insecurity due to the influx of refugees, a concentration of internally displaced persons, or areas with combinations of crop failure and deep poverty.
2 Countries facing unfavourable prospects for current crops are countries prospects point to a shortfall in production of current crops as a result of a reduction of the area planted and/or adverse weather conditions, plant pests, diseases and other calamities which indicate a need for close monitoring of the crops for the remainder of the growing season.
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February 2008 
