| Countries in Crisis Requiring External Assistance are expected to lack the resources to deal with reported critical problems of food insecurity. The list below covers crises related to lack of food availability, widespread lack of access to food, or severe but localized problems. However, many countries are also severely affected by high food and fuel prices. These include countries which are large net importers of cereals and fuels, with generally low per capita incomes, relatively high levels of malnutrition, and for which there is a strong transmission of high international food prices1. |
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| Click on country to see details in the GIEWS Country Briefs |
| Nature of Food Insecurity | Main Reasons | Changes from last report2 |
| 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 the 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 |  |
| Nature of Food Insecurity | Main Reasons | Changes from last report2 |
| Exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies |
| Iraq | Conflict and inadequate rainfall |  |
| Widespread lack of access |
| Afghanistan | Conflict and insecurity |  |
| Democratic People's Republic 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 | + |
| Country | Main Reasons | Changes from last report2 |
| 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 ) |
| Democratic People's Republic 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 | + |
TERMINOLOGY
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.
Unfavourable Prospects for Current Crops: Refer to prospects of 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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1. See, for example, Soaring food prices: facts, perspectives, impacts and actions required, page 17, table 4.
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| 2. Crop Prospects and Food Situation, No. 3, July 2009 |
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The maps on the GIEWS homepage indicate countries with unfavourable crop prospects and/or those in Crisis Requiring External Assistance. |