FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 01/00 - ALBANIA (11 February)
Generally favourable weather conditions for autumn cereal planting suggest some recovery in cereal production could be possible in 2000 after adverse weather during both the previous autumn and spring planting periods reduced overall cereal area and output in 1999. However, production potential remains limited by an absence of credit which is the major constraint on the increased use of fertilizer and other inputs.
Food assistance continues to be provided by WFP for some 60 000 persons rendered vulnerable by the Balkan crisis. WFP, in collaboration with its local Implementing Partners, has begun three Food�for�Work (FFW) initiatives while continuing distributions to targeted economically impoverished individuals adversely impacted by the refugee crisis.
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