No.1  February 2009
		Crop Prospects and Food Situation

Highlights Countries in crisis requiring external assistance (total: 32 countries) Food emergencies update Global cereal supply and demand brief Low-Income Food-Deficit Countries’ food situation overview Regional reviews       Africa      Asia      Latin America and the Caribbean      North America, Europe and Oceania Special features      Biofuels      Myanmar - Major findings of FAO/WFP Food Security Assessment Mission      Zimbabwe crop and food situation gives rise to concern Statistical appendix Note

GIEWS	global information and early warning system on food and agriculture