No.2  April 2008
		Crop Prospects and Food Situation

Highlights Countries in crisis requiring external assistance Food Emergencies Update Global cereal supply and demand brief FAO global cereal supply and demand indicators FAO food price indices Low-Income Food-Deficit Countries’ food situation overview Regional reviews       Africa       Asia       Latin America and the Caribbean       North America, Europe and Oceania Special features       Measures taken by governments to limit the impact of soaring international cereal prices on food consumption       Joint inter-agency Market Assessment Mission to Benin, Niger and Nigeria       Severe food shortages in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea       Some recent policy developments in China Mainland Statistical appendix Note

GIEWS	global information and early warning system on food and agriculture