FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages No.1, March 2001 - Page 2

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AFFECTED COUNTRIES1/

COUNTRIES FACING EXCEPTIONAL FOOD EMERGENCIES (Total: 33 countries)

Country/Region Reason for Emergency

AFRICA (16 countries)
Angola* Civil strife, population displacement
Burundi* Civil strife and insecurity
Congo, Dem.Rep.* Civil strife, IDPs and refugees
Congo, Rep. of* Past civil strife
Eritrea* IDPs, returnees and drought
Ethiopia*2/ Drought, IDPs
Guinea Civil strife, population displacement
Kenya Drought
Liberia* Past civil strife, shortage of inputs
Madagascar Drought/cyclones
Rwanda* Drought in parts
Sierra Leone* Civil strife, population displacement
Somalia* Drought, civil strife
Sudan* Civil strife in the south
Tanzania Food deficits in several regions
Uganda Civil strife in parts, drought

ASIA (11 countries)
Afghanistan* Drought, Civil strife
Armenia* Drought, economic constraints
Azerbaijan Drought, economic constraints
Cambodia Floods
Georgia* Drought, economic constraints
Iraq* Sanctions, drought
Jordan Drought
Korea, DPR* Adverse weather, economic problems
Mongolia Economic problems, harsh winter
Tajikistan* Drought
Uzbekistan Drought in Karakalpakstan

LATIN AMERICA (3 countries)
Haiti* Structural economic problems
Honduras Past adverse weather
Nicaragua Past adverse weather
El Salvador Earthquakes

EUROPE (2 countries)
Russian Fed. Civil strife in Chechyna, vulnerable groups
F.Rep. Yugoslavia* Vulnerable groups and refugees

COUNTRIES WITH UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS

Country Harvest date   Main contributory factors
Afghanistan* May/June   Adverse weather, civil strife
Armenia* Aug./Sept.   Shortage of seed, economic constraints
Georgia* July/Sept.   Shortage of seed, economic constraints
Jordan March/Apr.   Erratic rainfall
Tajikistan* Jun./Sept.   Shortage of seed, economic constraints

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1/ Both here 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/ Country requiring external assistance for purchase and distribution of localized surpluses to deficit areas.

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