FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.1, February 2000 - Page 2

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AFFECTED COUNTRIES1/

UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS

Afghanistan* May/Jun. Civil strife
Congo, Dem.Rep.of* Nov./Dec. Civil strife
East Timor Mar./Apr. Civil strife
Ecuador Apr./Aug. High costs; credit constraints
Eritrea* Jan./Feb. Drought
Iraq* May/Jun. Drought, lack of inputs
Kenya Feb./Mar. Drought
Madagascar Apr. Drought
Mexico Mar./May Adverse weather, reduced yield
Mozambique Mar./Apr. Floods
Somalia* Feb./Mar. Drought, civil strife
Tajikistan* May/Jun. Shortages of quality seed
Tanzania Jan./Feb. Insufficient rainfall

COUNTRIES FACING EXCEPTIONAL FOOD EMERGENCIES (Total: 32 countries)

Country/Region Reason for Emergency

AFRICA (15 countries)
Angola* Civil strife, population displacement
Burundi* Civil strife and insecurity
Congo, Dem.Rep.* Civil strife, IDPs and refugees
Congo, Rep. of* Civil strife
Eritrea* IDPs, returnees and drought
Ethiopia* Drought, IDPs
Kenya Drought
Liberia* Past civil strife, shortage of inputs
Mozambique Floods
Rwanda* Insecurity in parts
Sierra Leone* Civil strife, population displacement
Somalia* Drought, civil strife
Sudan* Civil strife in the south
Tanzania Food deficits in several regions
Uganda Civil strife in parts, drought

ASIA (10 countries)
Afghanistan* Civil strife
Armenia* Vulnerable groups and refugees
Azerbaijan Vulnerable groups and refugees
East Timor Civil strife
Georgia* Vulnerable groups and refugees
Iraq* Economic embargo, drought
Jordan Drought
Korea, DPR* Economic problems, drought
Syria Drought
Tajikistan* Reduced harvest, poverty

LATIN AMERICA (5 countries)
Cuba Drought
Haiti* Structural economic problems
Honduras Adverse weather (hurricane Mitch)
Nicaragua Adverse weather (hurricane Mitch)
Venezuela Adverse weather (flooding/mudslides)

EUROPE (2 countries)
Russian Fed. Civil strife, vulnerable groups
F.Rep. Yugoslavia* Vulnerable groups and refugees

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.

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