Thursday, May 1, 2008

Food Crisis: Countries in Crisis Requiring External Assistance

This one is from the FAO:

AFRICA (21 countries):

Exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies

  • Lesotho (Multiple year droughts until last season)
  • Somalia (Conflict, adverse weather)
  • Swaziland (Multiple year droughts until last season)
  • Zimbabwe (Deepening economic crisis, drought last season, recent floods)

Widespread lack of access

  • Eritrea (IDPs, economic constraints)
  • Liberia (Post-conflict recovery period)
  • Mauritania (Several years of drought)
  • Sierra Leone (Post-conflict recovery period)

Severe localized food insecurity

  • Burundi (Civil strife, IDPs and returnees)
  • Central African Republic (Refugees, insecurity in parts)
  • Chad (Refugees, conflict)
  • Congo, Democratic Republic of (Civil strife, returnees)
  • Congo, Republic of (IDPs)
  • Côte d'Ivoire (Civil strife)
  • Ethiopia (Insecurity in parts, localized crop failure)
  • Ghana (Drought and floods)
  • Guinea (Refugees)
  • Guinea-Bissau (Localized insecurity)
  • Kenya (Civil strife, adverse weather)
  • Sudan (Civil strife)
  • Uganda (Civil strife in the north, localized crop failure)

ASIA (10 countries)

Exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies

  • Iraq (Conflict and insecurity)

Widespread lack of access

  • Afghanistan (Conflict and insecurity)
  • Korea, Dem. People's Rep. of (Economic constraints and effects of past floods)

Severe localized food insecurity

  • Bangladesh (Past floods and cyclone, avian influenza)
  • China (Disastrous cold, ice and snow in the south)
  • Nepal (Poor market access, conflict and past floods)
  • Sri Lanka (Conflict and floods)
  • Tajikistan (Severe cold, floods/landslides, poor market access)
  • Timor-Leste (IDPs, past drought and floods)
  • Viet Nam (Cold spell in the north)

LATIN AMERICA (5 countries)

Severe localized food insecurity

  • Bolivia (Floods)
  • Dominican Republic (Past floods)
  • Ecuador (Floods)
  • Haiti (Past floods)
  • Nicaragua (Past floods)

EUROPE (1 country)

Exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies

  • Moldova (Drought, limited access to inputs for winter cropping)

COUNTRIES WITH UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS

AFRICA

  • Ethiopia (Insufficient rainfall)
  • Kenya (Insufficient rainfall)
  • Somalia (Adverse weather, conflicts)
  • Zimbabwe (Early Floods and late dry spells in parts, shortage of inputs)