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Book (series)Report of the International Emergency Disease Investigation Task Force on a Serious Finfish Disease in Southern Africa, 18 - 26 May 2007. 2009
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No results found.This document is the final report of the work carried out by the International Emergency Disease Investigation Task Force on a Serious Finfish Disease in Southern Africa, a joint undertaking by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Botswana’s Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) and Department of Animal Health and Production (DAPH), the Aquatic Animal Health Research Institute (AAHRI) of Thailand’s Department of Fisheries and the Network of Aquacu lture Centres in Asia and the Pacific (NACA), as a result of a technical mission to Botswana undertaken from 18 to 26 May 2007 and the subsequent outcomes of laboratory analysis of field samples conducted by AAHRI. This report provides comprehensive information on the outcomes of the 2007 Task Force investigation, building on earlier reports, and including further updates on epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) occurrence in southern Africa based on an active surveillance programme that was implemented by FAO and partners in late 2007 until 2008. It also includes other ongoing activities and developments aimed at further enhancing aquatic biosecurity in southern Africa. -
No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)FAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY ASSESSMENT MISSION TO SOMALIA - 5 September 1997 1997
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No results found.An FAO/WFP Mission was fielded to evaluate the 1997 main Gu season crops and to estimate cereal import requirements, including food aid, in marketing year 1997/98 (August/July). Prior to the arrival of the Mission a production survey was conducted throughout the country by the Food Security Assessment Unit (FSAU) of WFP, supported by FAO. The Mission reviewed the findings of this assessment undertaken in July and collected further information through field visits, discussions with field staff, l ocal authorities and NGOs, as well as the donor community serving Somalia out of Nairobi. The 1997 Gu season started early in most parts of Somalia, being favourable for rainfed crop establishment. The main sorghum and maize producing areas, located in the South, received above-average rains at the beginning of the season (late March - April), which, however, declined to below-normal levels in May - to pick up again in June and early July. Following major increases in cropped area last Gu sea son, this season’s harvested area decreased by 6 percent over last year’s to 423 000 hectares; this is 17 percent below the pre-strife average (1982-88). Factors contributing to this decline in certain areas included the extremely poor nutritional status of farmers after the previous poor Deyr season diminishing their ability to cultivate fields; in other cases, planted fields were abandoned due to insecurity; or crops were abandoned before reaching maturity due to damage by pests and dry weathe r. While average yields increased during this Gu season, compensating for the decline in area, they remained below the 1982-88 pre civil strife levels, mainly reflecting moisture stress at the critical point of crop development. There were, nevertheless, substantial yield increases for maize and significant improvements for sorghum in some major producing regions, including Middle and Lower Juba, Gedo, and Northwest.
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