FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops and Shortages No.1, March 2003 - Page 2

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AFFECTED COUNTRIES1/

COUNTRIES FACING FOOD EMERGENCIES (Total: 38 countries)

Region/CountryReason for Emergency

AFRICA (25 countries)

Angola*Internally displaced persons (IDPs)
Burundi*Civil strife, IDPs
Cape VerdeDrought
Central Afr. Rep.Civil strife, IDPs
Congo, Dem.Rep.*Civil strife, IDPs and refugees
Congo Rep. of*Civil strife, IDPs
C�te d�IvoireCivil strife, IDPs
Eritrea*Drought,IDPs, returnees
Ethiopia*Drought , IDPs
GuineaIDPs and refugees
Kenya*Drought in parts
LesothoAdverse weather
Liberia*Civil strife, IDPs
MadagascarDrought in parts, economic disruption
MalawiAdverse weather
Mauritania*Drought
MozambiqueDrought and floods in parts
Sierra Leone*Civil strife, IDPs
Somalia*Civil strife, drought in parts
Sudan*Civil strife, drought in parts
SwazilandDrought in parts
TanzaniaDrought in parts, refugees
UgandaCivil strife, IDPs, drought in parts
ZambiaDrought in parts
Zimbabwe*Drought, economic disruption

ASIA (6 countries)

Afghanistan*Effects of recent drought and war
GeorgiaDrought and input shortages
Iraq*Shortage of inputs, effects of recent drought
Korea, DPR*Adverse weather, economic constraints
Mongolia*Harsh winters, drought
TajikistanInput and irrigation water shortages

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LATIN AMERICA (5 countries)

El SalvadorInternational coffee crisis
GuatemalaInternational coffee crisis
HaitiDrought, flooding
HondurasInternational coffee crisis
NicaraguaInternational coffee crisis

EUROPE (2 countries)

Russian Federation (Chechyna)Civil strife
Fed. Rep. Yugoslavia (Serbia & Montenegro)Refugees

COUNTRIES WITH UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS

CountryMain contributory factors
ArgentinaEconomic constraints, adverse weather
Burundi*Dry weather
Central Afr. Rep.Dry weather, civil strife
C�te d�IvoireDry weather, civil strife
Liberia*Civil strife
Mauritania*Drought
ZimbabweDrought

1/ Both here and in the text, countries with unfavourable prospects for current crop and/or uncovered shortfalls are marked in bold and thoseaffected or threatened by successive poor crops or food shortages are marked with an asterisk (*). Definitions can be found on the Contents page. This updates information on food emergencies in the February issue of "Food Outlook".


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