FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops and Shortages No.2, May 2004
AFFECTED COUNTRIES1/
COUNTRIES REQUIRING EXTERNAL FOOD ASSISTANCE (total: 35 countries)
AFRICA (24 countries)
| Region/Country | Reason for emergency |
| Angola | Returnees |
| Burundi* | Civil strife, IDPs |
| Chad | Refugees |
| Central Afr. Rep. | Civil strife |
| Congo, Dem.Rep.* | Civil strife, IDPs and refugees |
| Congo Rep. of | Civil strife, IDPs |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Civil strife, IDPs |
| Eritrea* | Drought, IDPs, returnees |
| Ethiopia* | Drought in parts, IDPs |
| Guinea* | IDPs and refugees |
| Kenya* | Drought in parts |
| Lesotho | Drought |
| Liberia* | Civil strife, IDPs |
| Madagascar | Drought in southern parts, cyclones |
| Mauritania | Drought |
| Malawi | Drought in parts |
| Mozambique | Drought in parts |
| Sierra Leone* | IDPs |
| Somalia* | Civil strife, drought in parts |
| Sudan* | Civil strife, drought in parts |
| Swaziland* | Drought in parts |
| Tanzania, U.R. | Drought in parts, refugees |
| Uganda | Civil strife, IDPs |
| Zimbabwe* | Adverse weather, economic crisis |
ASIA/NEAR EAST (5 countries)
| Region/Country | Reason for emergency |
| Afghanistan* | Effects of recent drought and civil strife |
| Iraq* | Recent war, shortage of inputs |
| Korea, DPR* | Disasters, train explosion, economic constraints |
| Mongolia* | Economic constraints |
| Sri Lanka | Drought |
LATIN AMERICA (5 countries)
| Region/Country | Reason for emergency |
| El Salvador* | Effects of adverse weather and economic shocks |
| Guatemala* | Effects of adverse weather and economic shocks |
| Haiti | Civil strife, drought, floods |
| Honduras* | Effects of adverse weather and economic shocks |
| Nicaragua* | Effects of adverse weather and economic shocks |
EUROPE (1 country)
| Region/Country | Reason for emergency |
Russian Federation
(Chechnya) | Civil strife |
COUNTRIES WITH UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS
| Country | Main contributing factor | Country | Main contributing factor |
| Angola | Adverse weather, returnees | Malawi | Drought |
| Chad | Refugees | Namibia | Adverse weather |
| Cuba | Dry weather | Peru | Drought |
| Ecuador | Drought | South Africa | Drought |
| Haiti | Drought, civil strife | Sri Lanka | Drought |
| Lesotho | Drought | Swaziland* | Drought |
| | Zimbabwe* | Adverse weather, economic crisis |
PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION OF LOCALIZED OR EXPORTABLE SURPLUSES REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE:
Afghanistan, Sudan, Ethiopia
1/ Both here and in the text, countries with unfavourable prospects for current crop and/or uncovered shortfalls are marked in boldface,and thoseaffected or threatened by successive poor crops or food shortages are marked with an asterisk [*].
Note: The maps on the front cover indicate countries with unfavourable crop prospects and/or those facing food emergencies.