FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.5, November 2000 - Page 1

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AFFECTED COUNTRIES1/

UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS

Country Harvest date   Main contributory factors
Armenia* Aug./Sept.   Shortage of seed, economic constraints
Belize Oct./Dec.   Torrential rains, flooding
Brazil Aug./Dec.   Adverse weather
Congo, Dem.Rep.of* Nov./Dec.   Civil strife
El Salvador Nov./Dec.   Drought
Eritrea* Nov./Dec.   War displacement, drought
Ethiopia* Oct./Dec.   Late rains
Georgia* July/Sept.   Shortage of seed, economic constraints
Haiti* Nov./Dec.   Drought
Honduras Nov./Dec.   Drought, torrential rains, flooding
Kenya Aug./Nov.   Drought
Nicaragua Nov./Dec.   Drought, hurricane rains, flooding
Sierra Leone* Nov./Dec.   Civil strife
Sudan* Nov./Dec.   Drought, civil strife
Tanzania Jan./Feb.   Localized drought
Tajikistan* Jun./Sept.   Shortage of seed, economic constraints

COUNTRIES FACING EXCEPTIONAL FOOD EMERGENCIES (Total: 32 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
Rwanda* Drought 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* Drought, economic constraints
Azerbaijan Drought, economic constraints
Georgia* Drought, economic constraints
Cambodia Floods
Iraq* Economic embargo, drought
Jordan Drought
Korea, DPR* Economic problems
Mongolia Economic embargo, drought
Tajikistan* Drought
Uzbekistan Drought in KK

LATIN AMERICA (3 countries)
Haiti* Structural economic problems
Honduras Adverse weather (hurricane Mitch)
Nicaragua Adverse weather (hurricane Mitch)

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:

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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 November 2000 issue of Food Outlook.

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