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Countries in Crisis requiring External Assistance1
Country |
Category of Crisis 1 |
Main reasons | Angola | C | Drought in parts | Burundi | C | Civil strife, IDPs, returnees and recent dry spells | Central Afr. Rep. | C | Civil strife, IDPs | Chad | C | Refugees, insecurity | Congo, Dem.Rep. | C | Civil strife, IDPs and refugees | Congo Rep. of | C | IDPs, Refugees | Côte d’Ivoire | C | Civil strife, IDPs | Eritrea | B | IDPs, returnees, high food prices | Ethiopia | B | Low incomes, localized floods | Guinea | C | IDPs, refugees, high food prices | Guinea-Bissau | C | After effects of floods, localized insecurity | Kenya | C | Drought and floods in parts | Lesotho | A | Multiple year droughts, HIV/AIDS impact | Liberia | B | Post-conflict recovery period, IDPs | Madagascar | C | Dry weather in southern areas | Mauritania | B | Multiple year droughts | Niger | B | After effects of 2004 drought and locusts | Sierra Leone | B | Post-conflict recovery period, refugees | Somalia | B | Conflict, floods and drought | Sudan | C | Civil strife, returnees, drought in parts | Swaziland | A | Multiple year droughts, HIV/AIDS impact | Tanzania, U.R. | C | Drought in parts, refugees | Uganda | C | Civil strife, IDPs, drought in Karamoja | Zimbabwe | A | Deepening economic crisis |
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Country |
Category of Crisis 1 |
Main reasons | | Afghanistan | B | Conflict, IDPs and returnees, localized drought | | Azerbaijan | A | Drought | | Iraq | C | Conflict and insecurity, IDPs | | Korea, DPR | B | Economic constraints, floods | | Nepal | B | Civil strife and drought | | Pakistan | C | After effects of the Kashmir earthquake, floods | | Philippines | C | Successive typhoons | | Sri Lanka | C | After effects of the Tsunami, deepening conflict and floods | | Timor-Leste | C | Civil strife, IDPs and drought |
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Country |
Category of Crisis 1 |
Main reasons | | Haiti | B | Economic crisis |
Countries with Unfavourable Prospects
for current Crops2
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| Country |
Main contributing factor |
| Iraq |
Conflict, displacement |
| Somalia |
Conflict, floods |
| Timor-Leste |
Drought |
Terminology
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1Countries 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:
A 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.
B 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.
C 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.
2Unfavourable 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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February 2007 
