FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 09/98 - ERITREA* (3 September)
Good rains in August, which followed unseasonable dry weather, improved conditions for the 1998 main season cereal and pulse crops. The Desert Locust situation remains calm. The outlook for harvest from November is generally favourable.
The tight food supply situation due to a succession of poor harvests has been aggravated in areas affected by the armed conflict with neighbouring Ethiopia. It is estimated that a total of 275 000 people, or about 10 percent of the population, have been affected by the conflict. The Government has appealed to the international community for assistance to meet the emergency food and non-food needs of the affected populations.
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