No.2  April 2008  
   Crop Prospects and Food Situation
     Highlights
Countries in crisis requiring external assistance
Food Emergencies Update
Global cereal supply and demand brief
FAO global cereal supply and demand indicators
FAO food price indices
Low-Income Food-Deficit Countries’ food situation overview
Regional reviews
      Africa
      Asia
      Latin America and the Caribbean
      North America, Europe and Oceania
Special features
      Measures taken by governments to limit the impact of soaring international cereal prices on food consumption
      Joint inter-agency Market Assessment Mission to Benin, Niger and Nigeria
      Severe food shortages in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
      Some recent policy developments in China Mainland
Statistical appendix
Note
GIEWS   global information and early warning system on food and agriculture