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