|
Country
|
Harvest date |
Main contributory factors
|
| Antigua/Barbuda | Nov./Jan. | Hurricane rains and winds |
| Bangladesh | Nov./Jan. | Floods |
| Cambodia | December | Drought |
| Cape Verde | Nov./Dec. | Drought |
| Chile | Dec./Feb. | Drought |
| China | Nov./Dec. | Floods |
| Congo, Dem.Rep.of* | Sept./Nov. | Civil strife |
| Cuba | Sept./Dec. | Reduced plantings, drought, shortages of inputs, hurricane rains and flooding |
| Dominican Rep. | Dec./Feb. | Hurricane rains and flooding, winds and mudslides |
| El Salvador | Nov./Dec. | Hurricane rains and flooding, winds and mudslides |
| Guatemala | Nov./Feb. | Hurricane rains and flooding, winds and mudslides |
| Guinea Bissau | Oct./Nov. | Civil strife |
| Haiti* | Nov./Jan. | Hurricane rains and flooding, winds and mudslides |
| Honduras | Oct./Dec. | Hurricane rains and flooding, winds and mudslides |
| Laos* | Nov./Dec. | Drought |
| Nepal | Nov./Dec. | Floods, landslides |
| Nicaragua | Nov./Jan. | Hurricane rains and flooding, winds and mudslides |
| Philippines | Nov./Dec. | Weather anomalies |
| St.Kitts&Nevis | Nov./Jan. | Hurricane rains and flooding, winds |
| Sierra Leone* | Sept./Dec. | Civil strife |
| Viet Nam | Oct./Nov. | Drought |
AFRICA (13 countries):
Angola*, Burundi*, Democratic Republic of Congo*, Eritrea*, Ethiopia*, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia*, Rwanda*, Sierra Leone*, Somalia*, Sudan*, Uganda, Zambia
ASIA (7 countries):
Afghanistan*, Bangladesh, Indonesia*, Iraq*, DPR Korea*, Laos*, Mongolia*
CENTRAL AMERICA (8 countries):
Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti*, Honduras, Nicaragua, St.Kitts&Nevis
SOUTH AMERICA (1 country):
COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (4 countries):
Armenia*, Azerbaijan, Georgia*, Tajikistan*
EUROPE (3 countries):
OCEANIA (1 country):
- 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.
"Unfavourable Prospects for Current Crops": Refer to prospects of 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.
"Shortfalls in Food Supplies in Current Marketing Year Requiring Exceptional External Assistance": Refer to an exceptional shortfall in aggregate supplies or a localized deficit as a result of crop failures, natural disasters, interruption of imports, disruption of distribution, excessive post-harvest losses, other supply bottlenecks and/or an increased demand for food arising from population movements within the country or an influx of refugees. In the case of an exceptional shortfall in aggregate food supplies, exceptional and/or emergency food aid may be required to cover all or part of the deficit.
"Distribution of Local and/or Exportable Surpluses Requiring External Assistance": Refers to a situation of an exceptional surplus existing in a particular area of a country which needs to be transported to deficit areas in the same country or the neighbouring countries for which purpose external assistance is required.