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Food
supply situation and crop prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa April 2005
FAO Global
Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS)
April 14, 2005
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Introduction
This is the first issue for 2005 of this report prepared by the FAO Global
Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) on the food supply situation
and cereal import and food aid requirements for all countries in sub-Saharan
Africa. The report is designed to provide the latest analysis and information
on the food situation in these countries to governments, international
organizations and other institutions engaged in humanitarian operations.
In this introductory
part, countries in the subregion facing serious food shortages are listed
with principal causes of food insecurity. This is followed by the Highlights
of the report.
Part I provides a
country-by-country review of the food supply situation by subregion, as
well as current crop prospects. The accompanying tables (Tables 1- 5)
provide data on production, cereal import requirements and food aid needs.
The information on food aid pledges, triangular transactions and local
purchases is based on data transmitted to GIEWS as of mid-March 2005 by
the World Food Programme.
Part II provides country cereal balance sheets (CCBS), highlighting cereal
import and food aid requirements of individual countries, as well as other
important data.
Countries facing
food emergencies (Total: 23 countries)
|
Country
|
Reasons
for emergency
|
|
Angola
|
Returnees
|
|
Burundi
|
Civil strife,
IDPs and returnees
|
|
Chad
|
Refugees
|
|
Central Afr.
Rep.
|
Civil strife
|
|
Congo, Dem.Rep.
|
Civil strife,
IDPs and refugees
|
|
Congo Rep. of
|
Civil strife,
IDPs
|
|
Côte d'Ivoire
|
Civil strife,
IDPs
|
|
Eritrea
|
Drought,
IDPs, returnees
|
|
Ethiopia
|
Drought in parts,
IDPs
|
|
Guinea
|
IDPs and refugees
|
|
Kenya
|
Drought in parts
|
|
Lesotho
|
Drought
|
|
Liberia
|
Civil strife,
IDPs
|
|
Madagascar
|
Drought in southern
parts
|
|
Malawi
|
Drought in parts
|
|
Mauritania
|
Drought, locusts
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
Returnees
|
|
Somalia
|
Civil strife,
drought in parts
|
|
Sudan
|
Civil strife,
drought in parts
|
|
Swaziland
|
Drought in parts
|
|
Tanzania, U.R.
|
Drought in parts,
refugees
|
|
Uganda
|
Civil strife,
IDPs, drought in parts
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
Adverse weather,
economic disruption
|
Since conditions can
change rapidly, and published information may not always represent the
most up-to-date basis for action, enquiries or corrections should be directed
to Henri Josserand, Chief, Global Information and Early Warning Service
(ESCG), FAO, Rome (Fax: 39-06-5705-4495, E-mail: GIEWS1@FAO.ORG).
Please note that this
report is also available on the Internet as part of the FAO World Wide
Web (www.fao.org) at
the following address: http://www.fao.org/giews/
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