GUINEA-BISSAU (11 September)
Rains have been abundant and widespread since July, causing localized flooding. In spite of large-scale grasshopper infestations on sorghum, maize and millet crops in Gabu, Bafata and Oio, where over 50 percent of cereal production was officially estimated to be at risk, hardly any farms have been treated,. Although grasshopper damage has creased in the east as a result of more frequent and heavier rains, the final outcome of the season will depend heavily on the performance of the swamp rice crop.
The overall food supply situation remains satisfactory. However, people living in the chronically food-deficit areas along the northern border with Senegal continue to need food assistance.