COUNTRIES IN CRISIS REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE¹ (total: 31 countries)

Nature of Food Insecurity	Main Reasons	Changes from last report (July 2009)
AFRICA (20 countries)
Exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies
Kenya	Adverse weather, lingering effects of civil strife
Lesotho	Low productivity, HIV/AIDS pandemic
Somalia	Conflict, economic crisis, adverse weather
Swaziland	Low productivity, HIV/AIDS pandemic
Zimbabwe	Problems of economic transition
Widespread lack of access
Eritrea	Adverse weather, IDPs, economic constraints
Liberia	War related damage
Mauritania	Several years of drought
Sierra Leone	War related damage
Severe localized food insecurity
Burundi	IDPs and returnees
Central African Republic	Refugees, insecurity in parts
Chad	Refugees, conflict, inadequate rainfall
Congo	IDPs
Côte d'Ivoire	Conflict related damage
Democratic Republic of Congo	Civil strife, returnees
Ethiopia	Adverse weather, Insecurity in parts
Guinea	Refugees, conflict related damage
Guinea-Bissau	Localized insecurity
Sudan	Civil strife (Darfur), insecurity (southern Sudan), localized crop failure
Uganda	Localized crop failure, insecurity
ASIA/NEAR EAST (11 countries)
Exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies
Iraq	Conflict and inadequate rainfall
Widespread lack of access
Afghanistan	Conflict and insecurity
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	Economic constraints
Severe localized food insecurity
Bangladesh	Cyclones
Myanmar	Past cyclone
Nepal	Poor market access, floods/landslides
Pakistan	Conflict, IDPs
Philippines	Tropical storm	+
Sri Lanka	IDPs, post-conflict reconstruction
Timor-Leste	IDPs
Yemen	Conflict, IDPs	+

COUNTRIES WITH UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS ²

AFRICA (7 countries)
Chad	Inadequate rainfall	+
Ethiopia	Late onset of belg rains
Kenya	Inadequate rainfall
Niger	Inadequate rainfall	+
Nigeria	Inadequate rainfall
Somalia	Inadequate rainfall
Sudan	Late onset of main season rains
ASIA/NEAR EAST (4 countries)
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	Inadequate inputs	+
India	Poor monsoon rainfall
Iraq	Inadequate rainfall	+
Israel	Inadequate rainfall	+
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (2 countries)
Argentina	Inadequate rainfall in key farming areas
Guatemala	Localized severe food insecurity	+

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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 where 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.