FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.5, November 1999 - Page 1

AFFECTED COUNTRIES^1/

UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS ^2/

Country Harvest date Main contributory factors
Congo, Dem.Rep.of* Nov./Dec. Civil strife
Congo, Rep. of* Nov./Dec. Civil strife
Ethiopia* Oct./Dec. Delayed plantings, low rainfall
Honduras Nov./Feb. Reduced plantings, flooding
Kenya Feb./Mar. Erratic rains
Sierra Leone* Nov./Dec. Civil strife
Somalia* Jan./Feb. Drought
South Africa Nov./Dec. Reduced plantings
Tanzania Jan./Feb. Low rainfall

SHORTFALLS IN FOOD SUPPLIES IN CURRENT MARKETING YEAR REQUIRING EXCEPTIONAL AND/OR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE (Total: 34 countries)

AFRICA (15 countries):
Angola*; Burundi*; Democratic Republic of Congo*; Republic of Congo*; Eritrea*; Ethiopia*; Guinea-Bissau*; Kenya; Liberia*; Rwanda*; Sierra Leone*; Somalia*; Sudan*; Tanzania; Uganda
ASIA (10 countries):
Afghanistan*; Armenia*; Azerbaijan; Georgia*; Iraq*; Jordan; DPR Korea*; Mongolia*; Syria; Tajikistan*
CENTRAL AMERICA (4 countries):
Cuba; Haiti*; Honduras; Nicaragua
EUROPE (5 countries):
Albania; Bosnia-Herzegovina*; The Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia; Russian Federation; Fed.Rep.of Yugoslavia*

DISTRIBUTION OF LOCAL AND/OR EXPORTABLE SURPLUSES REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE:

- Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sudan

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1/ New countries included in this report compared to the last report, are underlined on this page; both here and in the text, countries with unfavourable prospects for current crop and/or uncovered shortfalls are marked in bold and those affected or threatened by successive bad crops or food shortages are marked with an asterisk (*). Definitions can be found on the Contents page.
2/ Main crop unless otherwise indicated.