FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops and Shortages 06/02 - YUGOSLAVIA, FED. REP. OF (SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO) (29 May)

YUGOSLAVIA, FED. REP. OF (SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO) * (29 May)

Yugoslavia is set to produce some 8.3 million tonnes of cereals in 2002, which is some 500 000 tonnes lower than the excellent harvest of the preceding year. Cereal harvest estimates this year include 2.4 million tonnes of wheat, 5.5 million tonnes of maize and 303 000 tonnes of barley. Cereal exports in 2002/03 marketing year are estimated at 500 000 tonnes, including 200 000 tonnes of wheat and 300 000 tonnes of maize.

WFP has approved a Protected Relief and Recovery operation which will extend its food assistance programme from 1 July. This assistance will be gradually phased out by December 2003. Under a regional emergency operation WFP currently assists some 320 000 beneficiaries, of which 160 000 are refugees/IDPs and 160 000 social cases. Assistance to IDPs and social cases will be phased out by mid-2002 when the emergency operation ends. From 1 July, WFP assistance will focus exclusively on 174 000 refugees of which 170 000 in Serbia and 4 000 in Montenegro. ICRC will ensure continued food assistance to IDPs through December 2003.