No.2  April 2007  
   Crop Prospects and Food Situation

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Highlights

COUNTRIES IN CRISIS REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE1 (total: 33 countries)

Food Emergencies Update

Global cereal production brief

Low-Income Food-Deficit Countries food situation overview

Regional reviews

NOTE

COUNTRIES IN CRISIS REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE1 (total: 33 countries)

AFRICA (23 countries)

Exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies

 

Lesotho

Multiple year droughts, HIV/AIDS impact

Swaziland

Multiple year droughts, HIV/AIDS impact

Zimbabwe

Deepening economic crisis, drought

Widespread lack of access

 

Eritrea

IDPs, returnees, high food prices

Ethiopia

Low incomes, localized floods

Liberia

Post-conflict recovery period, IDPs

Mauritania

Multiple year droughts

Niger

After effects of 2004 drought and locusts

Sierra Leone

Post-conflict recovery period, refugees

Severe localized food insecurity

 

Burundi

Civil strife, IDPs, returnees and recent dry spells

Central African Republic

Civil strife, IDPs

Chad

Refugees, insecurity

Congo

IDPs, refugees

Côte d'Ivoire

Civil strife, IDPs

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Civil strife, IDPs and refugees

Guinea

IDPs, refugees, high food prices

Guinea-Bissau

Localized insecurity, marketing problems

Kenya

Drought and floods in parts

Madagascar

Dry weather in southern areas

Somalia

Conflict, floods and drought

Sudan

Civil strife, returnees, drought in parts

Uganda

Civil strife, IDPs, drought in Karamoja

United Republic of Tanzania

Drought in parts and refugees

  

ASIA (8 countries)

Exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies

 

Iraq

Conflict and insecurity, IDPs

Widespread lack of access

 

Afghanistan

Conflict, IDPs and returnees, localized drought

Dem People's Rep of Korea

Economic constraints, floods

Nepal

Civil strife and drought

Severe localized food insecurity

 

Pakistan

After effects of the Kashmir earthquake, floods

Philippines

Successive typhoons

Sri Lanka

After effects of the Tsunami, deepening conflicts and floods

Timor-Leste

Civil strife, IDPs and drought

  

LATIN AMERICA (2 countries)

Widespread lack of access

 

Haiti

Insecurity, economic crisis

Severe localized food insecurity

 

Bolivia

Adverse weather conditions (floods in lowlands; drought, hail and frost in highlands)

COUNTRIES WITH UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS2

AFRICA
LesothoDry weather
NamibiaDry spells
South AfricaDry and hot weather in the maize growing areas
SwazilandDry weather
ZimbabweDrought
  
ASIA
IraqConflict, displacement
Timor-LesteDrought
  
LATIN AMERICA
BoliviaAdverse weather conditions (floods in lowlands; drought, hail and frost in highlands)

TERMINOLOGY
1
Countries in Crisis Requiring External Assistance are expected to lack the resources to deal with reported critical problems of food insecurity. Food crises are nearly always due to a combination of factors, but for the purpose of response planning, it is important to establish whether the nature of food crises is predominantly related to lack of food availability, limited access to food, or severe but localized problems. Accordingly, the list of countries requiring external assistance is organized into three broad, not mutually exclusive, categories:
  • Countries facing an exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies as a result of crop failure, natural disasters, interruption of imports, disruption of distribution, excessive post-harvest losses, or other supply bottlenecks.
  • Countries with widespread lack of access, where a majority of the population is considered to be unable to procure food from local markets, due to very low incomes, exceptionally high food prices, or the inability to circulate within the country.
  • Countries with severe localized food insecurity due to the influx of refugees, a concentration of internally displaced persons, or areas with combinations of crop failure and deep poverty.
2 Countries facing unfavourable prospects for current crops are countries prospects point to a shortfall in production of current crops as a result of a reduction of the area planted and/or adverse weather conditions, plant pests, diseases and other calamities which indicate a need for close monitoring of the crops for the remainder of the growing season.

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