FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops and Shortages No.3, October 2005

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COUNTRIES FACING FOOD EMERGENCIES1/ (total: 39 countries)

AFRICA (25 countries)

Region/CountryReason for emergency
Angola*Returnees
Burkina FasoDrought, locusts in parts
Burundi*Civil strife, IDPs and returnees
ChadRefugees, poor rainfall
Central Afr. Rep.Recent civil strife
Congo, Dem.Rep.Civil strife, IDPs and refugees
Congo Rep. ofIDPs, Refugees
Côte d’Ivoire*Civil strife, IDPs
Eritrea*Drought,IDPs, returnees
Ethiopia*Drought, IDPs
Guinea*IDPs and refugees
Kenya*Drought
Lesotho*Drought in parts
Liberia*Recent civil strife, IDPs
Malawi*Drought in parts
MaliDrought, locusts in parts
Mauritania*Drought, locusts
NigerDrought, locusts in parts
Sierra Leone*Returnees, refugees
Somalia*Civil strife, drought in parts
Sudan*Civil strife, returnees, drought in parts
Swaziland*Drought in parts
Tanzania, U.R.Drought in parts, refugees
UgandaCivil strife, IDPs
Zimbabwe*Economic crisis, drought

ASIA/NEAR EAST (11 countries)

Region/CountryReason for emergency
AfghanistanCivil strife, IDPs and returnees
Indonesia (Aceh Province)Tsunami
Iraq*Conflict and insecurity
Korea, DPR*Economic constraints
Lao People’s Dem. Rep.Floods and drought
MaldivesTsunami
Mongolia*Summer drought and harsh winter
NepalDrought and civil strife
PakistanEarthquake
Sri Lanka*Tsunami
Timor-LesteDrought

LATIN AMERICA (2 countries)

Region/CountryReason for emergency
GuatemalaHurricanes
HaitiCivil strife and drought

EUROPE (1 country)

Region/CountryReason for emergency
Russian Federation (Chechnya)Civil strife

COUNTRIES WITH UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS

CountryMain contributing factor
Cuba*Drought and hurricanes
El SalvadorHurricane
LaosFloods and drought
Lesotho*Dry weather
Malawi*Drought in parts
MozambiqueDrought in parts
NamibiaDry weather
NepalDrought
Timor-LesteDrought
Zimbabwe*Economic crisis, drought

PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION OF LOCALIZED OR EXPORTABLE SURPLUSES REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE

None.

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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 boldface,and thoseaffected or threatened by successive poor crops or food shortages are marked with an asterisk [*].

Note: The maps on the front cover indicate countries with unfavourable crop prospects and/or those facing food emergencies.

Please note that the country reports – as updated between publications of the print version – are available from the GIEWS website: http://www.fao.org/giews/ in the GIEWS Workstation.

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