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COUNTRIES IN CRISIS REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE1 (total: 33 countries)
AFRICA (23 countries) |
Exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies | | Lesotho | Multiple year droughts, HIV/AIDS impact | Swaziland | Multiple year droughts, HIV/AIDS impact | Zimbabwe | Deepening economic crisis, drought |
Widespread lack of access | | Eritrea | IDPs, returnees, high food prices | Ethiopia | Low incomes, localized floods | Liberia | Post-conflict recovery period, IDPs | Mauritania | Multiple year droughts | Niger | After effects of 2004 drought and locusts | Sierra Leone | Post-conflict recovery period, refugees |
Severe localized food insecurity | | Burundi | Civil strife, IDPs, returnees and recent dry spells | Central African Republic | Civil strife, IDPs | Chad | Refugees, insecurity | Congo | IDPs, refugees | Côte d'Ivoire | Civil strife, IDPs | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Civil strife, IDPs and refugees | Guinea | IDPs, refugees, high food prices | Guinea-Bissau | Localized insecurity, marketing problems | Kenya | Drought and floods in parts | Madagascar | Dry weather in southern areas | Somalia | Conflict, floods and drought | Sudan | Civil strife, returnees, drought in parts | Uganda | Civil strife, IDPs, drought in Karamoja | United Republic of Tanzania | Drought in parts and refugees | | | |
ASIA (8 countries) |
Exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies | | Iraq | Conflict and insecurity, IDPs |
Widespread lack of access | | Afghanistan | Conflict, IDPs and returnees, localized drought | Dem People's Rep of Korea | Economic constraints, floods | Nepal | Civil strife and drought |
Severe localized food insecurity | | Pakistan | After effects of the Kashmir earthquake, floods | Philippines | Successive typhoons | Sri Lanka | After effects of the Tsunami, deepening conflicts and floods | Timor-Leste | Civil strife, IDPs and drought | | | |
LATIN AMERICA (2 countries) |
Widespread lack of access | | Haiti | Insecurity, economic crisis |
Severe localized food insecurity | | Bolivia | Adverse weather conditions (floods in lowlands; drought, hail and frost in highlands) |
COUNTRIES WITH UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS2
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AFRICA | | Lesotho | Dry weather | | Namibia | Dry spells | | South Africa | Dry and hot weather in the maize growing areas | | Swaziland | Dry weather | | Zimbabwe | Drought | | | | |
ASIA | | Iraq | Conflict, displacement | | Timor-Leste | Drought | | | | |
LATIN AMERICA | | Bolivia | Adverse weather conditions (floods in lowlands; drought, hail and frost in highlands) |
TERMINOLOGY
1 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.
2 Countries facing unfavourable prospects for current crops are countries prospects point to 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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April 2007 
