Special Report - FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission to Sri Lanka

Year of publication2017

AuthorFAO

PublisherFAO

Other entities involvedWFP

AbstractAn FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) visited Sri Lanka from 12 to 29 March 2017 at the request of the Ministry of Agriculture to estimate the 2016/17 main maha paddy production, to forecast the ongoing 2017 secondary yala paddy production and to analyse household food security conditions. The request was prompted by a prolonged period of poor rainfall over most of the country throughout 2016 that raised serious concerns on production of paddy and other crops in 2017 as we ll as on livestock. The Mission assessed the impact of the dry weather on the 2017 main-crop harvest and estimated the expected food deficit for 2017. The Mission assessed the overall food-security situation and identified the main country’s agricultural support needs until the next main harvest.

 

Product typeBook (stand-alone)

SeriesGIEWS - Special Reports

CountrySri Lanka

RegionAsia and the Pacific

ISBN978-92-5-109805-9

Areas of workGlobal Information and Early Warning System

KeywordsCrop yield; food supply; cereal products; cereal crops; agricultural prices; food prices; rice; household food security; drought stress; irrigation schemes; water supply; livestock production; maize; demography; livelihoods; Sri Lanka; agricultural crisis