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

AFFECTED COUNTRIES^1/

UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS

Afghanistan*	May/Jun.	Civil strife, drought
Algeria	May/Jun.	Drought
Bolivia	Apr./May	Flooding
Congo, Dem.Rep.of*	Nov./Dec.	Civil strife
East Timor	Mar./Apr.	Civil strife
Ecuador	Apr./Aug.	Reduced plantings, drought
Ethiopia*	Jun./Aug.	Drought
Honduras	Aug./Dec.	Reduced plantings, financial constraints
Iraq*	May/Jun.	Drought, lack of inputs
Jamaica	Nov./Dec.	Drought
Jordan	May/Jun.	Drought
Kenya	Aug./Nov.	Drought
Libya	May/Jun.	Insufficient rainfall
Madagascar	Apr.	Drought/cyclones
Morocco	May/Jun.	Drought
Mozambique	Mar./Apr.	Floods
Paraguay	Mar./May	Drought
Somalia*	Aug./Sept.	Drought, civil strife
Swaziland	Apr.	Excessive rains
Tanzania	May/Aug.	Insufficient rainfall
Tunisia	May/Jun.	Insufficient rainfall
Uruguay	Mar./May	Drought

COUNTRIES FACING EXCEPTIONAL FOOD EMERGENCIES (Total: 36 countries)^2/

Country/Region	Reason for Emergency
AFRICA (16 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
Madagascar	Drought/cyclones
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 (11 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
Mongolia*	Heavy snowfall
Syria	Drought
Tajikistan*	Reduced harvest, poverty
LATIN AMERICA (7 countries)
Cuba	Drought
El Salvador	Adverse weather (hurricane Mitch)
Guatemala	Adverse weather (hurricane Mitch)
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.

2/This updates information published in the April 2000 issue of Food Outlook.