FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 06/99 - ERITREA* (5 June)
Planting of 1999 long-cycle cereal crops is underway in the central highlands and south-western lowlands. The main rains are expected in July/August. Spring rains from March to May were reported to have been erratic and inadequate. Despite the good harvest in 1998, the food situation is very tight for people in border areas of Gash-Barka and Debub affected by the war with Ethiopia. Under an Emergency Operation recently approved by FAO and WFP, international food assistance will be provided to 268 000 people most affected by the war, including 246 500 displaced and 21 500 deportees from Ethiopia, for a period of nine months.
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