FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 02/02 - HAITI (1 February)
Harvesting of the 2001 irrigated paddy crop has been completed under normal weather conditions and output for the year is provisionally estimated at a below-average 103 000 tonnes. Average to above-average sorghum and maize outputs respectively have been harvested. The good results have contributed stabilize the food supply situation which had been jeopardized in 2000 and part of 2001 due to the serious drought which had affected the crops during 2000. Notwithstanding, food assistance continues to be distributed to most needed groups, mainly in the poorest areas in the North and North-East of the country. The recent deterioration of the security situation in the country following a failed coup d�etat in December and riots in January could adversely affect the food supply situation in the country.