FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3 - December 2002 p.1
This is the third of three issues in 2002 of this report prepared by the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) on the food supply situation, cereal import and food aid requirements for all countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The report is designed to provide the latest analysis and information on the food situation in these countries to governments, international organizations and other institutions engaged in humanitarian operations.
Part I focuses on the continuing food crisis in southern Africa, particularly in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe, as well as Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland and parts of Mozambique. It highlights the looming food crisis in the Horn of Africa, especially in Eritrea, Ethiopia and parts of Sudan due to drought-induced poor harvests. The report also draws attention to emerging food shortages in western parts of the Sahel as well as the continuing need for food assistance in the Great Lakes region, Angola, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone due to population displacements, refugees and insecurity.
Part II contains an assessment of crop prospects and the food supply situation by sub-region, giving the latest estimates of cereal import and food aid requirements of all four sub-regions of sub-Saharan Africa.
Part III presents the latest analysis and information on crop prospects and the food supply situation and outlook in each country. The information on food aid pledges, triangular transactions and local purchases, and on expected arrivals, is based on data transmitted to GIEWS as of early December 2002 by the following donors: Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, EC, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States as well as the World Food Programme.