FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.3, June 2000

Afghanistan*	May/Jun.	Civil strife, drought
Algeria	May/Jun.	Drought
Belarus	Jul./Sept.	Adverse weather, economic constraints
Bolivia	Sept./Oct.	Flooding
Congo, Dem.Rep.of*	Nov./Dec.	Civil strife
Ethiopia*	Jun./Aug.	Drought
Haiti	Jun./Aug.	Drought
Iran	Jun./Jul.	Drought
Iraq*	May/Jun.	Drought, lack of inputs
Jamaica	Dec./Nov.	Drought
Jordan	May/Jun.	Drought
Kenya	Aug./Nov.	Drought
Libya	May/Jun.	Insufficient rainfall
Madagascar	Apr./Jun	Drought/cyclones
Moldova	Jul./Oct.	Drought, economic constraints
Morocco	May/Jun.	Drought
Mozambique	Mar./Apr.	Floods
Sierra Leone*	Nov./Dec.	Civil strife
Somalia*	Aug./Sept.	Drought, civil strife
Swaziland	May/Jun.	Excessive rains
Syria	May/Jul.	Drought
Tajikistan*	Jun./Sept.	Drought, economic constraints
Tanzania	May/Aug.	Insufficient rainfall
Tunisia	May/Jun.	Insufficient rainfall
Yugoslavia, Fed.Rep.of*	Jul./Sept.	Floods, drought, economic constraints

COUNTRIES FACING EXCEPTIONAL FOOD EMERGENCIES (Total: 36 countries)

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*	Past 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, drought
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
Mongolia*	Heavy snowfall
Syria	Drought
Tajikistan*	Drought, reduced harvest
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

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

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

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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AFFECTED COUNTRIES^1/

UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS

COUNTRIES FACING EXCEPTIONAL FOOD EMERGENCIES (Total: 36 countries)

AFRICA (16 countries)

ASIA (11 countries)

LATIN AMERICA (7 countries)

EUROPE (2 countries)

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