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Crop Prospects and Food Situation #1, March 2023

Quarterly Global Report

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 46 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-137698-0

Series title Crop Prospects and Food Situation

Series number No. 01/2023

Synopsis (short abstract) FAO assesses that 45 countries, including 33 in Africa, nine in Asia, two in Latin America and the Caribbean, and one in Europe, are in need of external assistance for food. Prospects of persisting drought in East Africa raise serious concerns about levels of acute food insecurity, with famine projected to occur among agropastoral households in Somalia. Globally, while international prices have softened, local food prices remain high and continue to severely hinder access to food.

Last updated 24/03/2023

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FAO. 2023. Crop Prospects and Food Situation – Quarterly Global Report No. 1, March 2023. Rome.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cc4665en

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