FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.3, June 1998 Fs9806 - Page 2

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AFFECTED COUNTRIES1/

UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS 2/

Country 
Harvest date
Main contributory factors 
Bolivia 
Mar./June
 Reduced yields, drought 
Brazil 
Feb./June
 Reduced plantings, adverse weather 
Congo, Dem.Rep.of 
June/July
 Civil disturbances in the east 
Cuba 
Mar./July
 Reduced plantings, adverse weather, shortages of inputs 
Ecuador 
Apr./Aug.
 Adverse weather, reduced plantings 
Georgia 
June/Aug.
 High winds 
Guyana 
Apr./June
 Drought, reduced plantings 
Indonesia* 
Mar./May
 Drought 
Jamaica 
May/Aug.
 Adverse weather 
Peru 
Apr. /July
 Adverse weather, reduced plantings 
Philippines 
May./June
 Drought 
Somalia 
Aug./Sept.
 Adverse weather, shortages of inputs, pests 
Sierra Leone* 
Sept./Dec.
 Civil strife 
Suriname 
Apr./June
 Drought, reduced plantings 
Viet Nam 
July/Aug.
 Drought 

SHORTFALLS IN FOOD SUPPLIES IN CURRENT MARKETING YEAR REQUIRING EXCEPTIONAL AND/OR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE (Total: 36 countries)

AFRICA: ASIA: CENTRAL AMERICA: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES: EUROPE: OCEANIA:

DISTRIBUTION OF LOCAL AND/OR EXPORTABLE SURPLUSES REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE:

- Mali, Sudan
 
 


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1/ New countries included in this report compared to the last report, are underlined on this page; Both here and in the text, countries with unfavourable prospects for current crop and/or uncovered shortfalls are marked in bold and those affected or threatened by successive bad crops or food shortages are marked with an asterisk (*). Definitions can be found on the Contents page.
2/ Main crop unless otherwise indicated.

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