FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.2, April 2001 - Page 2

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AFFECTED COUNTRIES1/

COUNTRIES FACING EXCEPTIONAL FOOD EMERGENCIES (Total: 36 countries)

Country/Region Reason for Emergency

AFRICA (21 countries)
Angola* Civil strife, population displacement
Burkina Faso Drought
Burundi* Civil strife and insecurity
Chad Drought
Congo, Dem. Rep.* Civil strife, IDPs and refugees
Eritrea* IDPs, returnees and drought
Ethiopia*2/ Drought, IDPs
Guinea Civil strife, population displacement
Kenya Drought
Liberia* Past civil strife, shortage of inputs
Malawi Floods in parts
Mozambique Floods in parts
Niger Drought
Rwanda* Drought in parts
Sierra Leone* Civil strife, population displacement
Somalia* Drought, civil strife
Sudan* Civil strife in the south, drought
Tanzania Food deficits in several regions
Uganda Civil strife in parts, drought
Zambia Floods in parts
Zimbabwe* Floods in parts

ASIA (11 countries)
Afghanistan* Drought, civil strife
Armenia* Drought, economic constraints
Azerbaijan Drought, economic constraints
Cambodia Past floods
Georgia* Drought, economic constraints
Iraq* Sanctions, drought
Jordan Drought
Korea, DPR* Adverse weather,economic problems
Mongolia* Economic problems, harsh winter
Tajikistan* Drought
Uzbekistan Drought in Karakalpakstan

LATIN AMERICA (2 countries)
Haiti* Structural economic problems, vulnerable groups
El Salvador Earthquakes

EUROPE (2 countries)
Russian Federation (Chechyna) Civil strife, vulnerable groups
F.Rep. Yugoslavia* (Serbia & Montenegro) Vulnerable groups and refugees

COUNTRIES WITH UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS

Afghanistan*

May/June

Adverse weather, civil strife

Bolivia

April/May

Floods

India

March/Apr.

Drought

Iraq*

May/June

Erratic rainfall, shortage of inputs

Jordan

March/Apr.

Erratic rainfall

Pakistan

Apr./May

Drought

Tajikistan*

Jun./Sept.

Shortage of seed, economic constraints

F.Rep. Yugoslavia*
(Serbia & Montenegro)

July/Oct.

Drought and shortage of inputs

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1/ 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 poor crops or food shortages are marked with an asterisk (*). Definitions can be found on the Contents page.
2/ Country requiring external assistance for purchase and distribution of localized surpluses to deficit areas.

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