FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.1, February 1999 - Page 2

AFFECTED COUNTRIES^1/

UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS ^2/

Country	Harvest date	Main contributory factors
Angola*	April/May	Civil strife
Antigua/Barbuda	Nov./Feb.	Hurricane rains and winds
Chile	Dec./Feb.	Drought
Congo, Dem.Rep.of*	Feb./Mar.	Civil strife
Cuba	Mar./July	Drought, shortages of inputs
Dominican Rep.	Dec./Feb.	Hurricane rains and floods
El Salvador	Feb./Mar.	Hurricane rains and floods
Guatemala	Feb./Mar.	Hurricane rains and floods
Haiti*	Nov./Feb.	Hurricane rains and floods
Honduras	Feb./Mar.	Hurricane rains and floods
Jordan	Mar./Apr.	Drought
Nicaragua	Dec./Feb.	Hurricane rains and floods
Philippines	Mar./Apr.	Weather anomalies
St.Kitts&Nevis	Nov./Feb.	Hurricane rains and floods
Tanzania	Jan./Feb.	Delayed and erratic rainfall

SHORTFALLS IN FOOD SUPPLIES IN CURRENT MARKETING YEAR REQUIRING EXCEPTIONAL AND/OR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE (Total: 38 countries)

AFRICA (15 countries):

Angola*, Burundi*, Democratic Republic of Congo*, Republic of Congo, Eritrea*, Ethiopia*, Guinea-Bissau*, Liberia*, Rwanda*, Sierra Leone*, Somalia*, Sudan*, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

ASIA (6 countries):

Afghanistan*, Indonesia*, Iraq*, DPR Korea*, Laos*, Mongolia*

CENTRAL AMERICA (8 countries):

Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti*, Honduras, Nicaragua, St.Kitts&Nevis

SOUTH AMERICA (1 country):

Guyana

COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (5 countries):

Armenia*, Azerbaijan, Georgia*, Russian Federation,Tajikistan*

EUROPE (3 countries):

Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina*, Yugoslavia Fed.Rep.of*

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

- Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger, Senegal, 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.

FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.1, February 1999 - Page 2

AFFECTED COUNTRIES1/

UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS 2/

SHORTFALLS IN FOOD SUPPLIES IN CURRENT MARKETING YEAR REQUIRING EXCEPTIONAL AND/OR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE (Total: 38 countries)

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

AFFECTED COUNTRIES^1/

UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS ^2/