No.4��November�2009��
	��	Crop Prospects and Food Situation

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�� Highlights �� COUNTRIES IN CRISIS REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE (total: 31 countries) �� Food emergencies update �� Global cereal supply and demand brief ����Special features ���� Domestic food prices in developing countries remain very high El nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) How China stabilized grain prices during the recent globalfood price crisis      Low-Income Food-Deficit Countries food situation overview��     Regional reviews�� �Africa ���� � Asia ���� � Latin America and the Caribbean ���� � North America, Europe and Oceania �� Statistical Appendix �� Note

GIEWS	��global information and early warning system on food and agriculture

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