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	Unfavourable prospects for current crops
	Food supply shortfall in current marketing year requiring exceptional assistance
	Unfavourable crop prospects and food supply shortfall

AFRICA: In eastern Africa, harvests have improved food supply but farmers' incomes have been severely affected by falling prices. In Southern Africa, the 2002 maize production is anticipated to be reduced in several countries. The food supply situation in Malawi, Lesotho, Zambia and Zimbabwe is of particular concern. In western Africa, the food situation is generally satisfactory except in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone due to civil strife. In Central Africa, civil strife also continues to affect food production in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo.