FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 11/00 - BURUNDI* (8 November)
Good rains from the second half of October, which followed five months with virtually no rains in most growing regions, improved soil conditions for sowing of the 2001 crops season and provided relief to early planted and perennial crops. However, the rains may have arrived too late to avoid reductions in plantings, which normally are completed by the end of October. Shortages of seeds, following a succession of reduced harvests, are also negatively affecting field operations.
The food supply is tight following a sharply reduced pulses and cereal harvest of the 2000 B season. International food assistance is being distributed to a target population of 700 000 people, including those affected by a poor harvest, the displaced persons and the most vulnerable population. The outturn of the current season will be crucial to the food supply in the country in the first half of 2001.
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