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COUNTRIES IN CRISIS REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE1 (total: 37 countries)
AFRICA (20 countries) |
Exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies | | Lesotho | Multiple year droughts, HIV/AIDS impact | Somalia | Conflict, drought, high food prices | Swaziland | Multiple year droughts, HIV/AIDS impact | Zimbabwe | Deepening economic crisis, drought |
Widespread lack of access | | Eritrea | IDPs, returnees, high food prices | Ethiopia | Low incomes, high food prices, insecurity in parts | Liberia | Post-conflict recovery period, IDPs | Mauritania | Multiple year droughts, floods in parts | Sierra Leone | Post-conflict recovery period, refugees |
Severe localized food insecurity | | Burundi | Civil strife, IDPs, returnees and recent dry spells | Central African Republic | Civil strife, IDPs | Chad | Refugees, insecurity | Congo, Democratic Republic of | Civil strife, IDPs and refugees | Congo, Republic of | IDPs, refugees | Côte d'Ivoire | Civil strife, IDPs | Ghana | Floods | Guinea | IDPs, refugees | Guinea-Bissau | Localized insecurity, marketing problems | Sudan | Civil strife, returnees | Uganda | Civil strife in the north, IDPs, floods in parts |
ASIA (9 countries) |
Exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies | | Iraq | Conflict and insecurity, IDPs |
Widespread lack of access | | Afghanistan | Conflict, IDPs and returnees, floods | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. of | Economic constraints, floods | Timor-Leste | IDPs, drought/floods, market access |
Severe localized food insecurity | | Bangladesh | Floods and cyclone | Indonesia | Earthquakes | Nepal | Market access and effects of conflict and floods | Pakistan | After effects of the Kashmir earthquake, floods, cyclone | Sri Lanka | After effects of the Tsunami, deepening conflicts and floods |
LATIN AMERICA (6 countries) |
Exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies | | Dominica | Hurricane | Jamaica | Hurricane | St. Lucia | Hurricane |
Severe localized food insecurity | | Dominican Republic | Floods | Haiti | Floods | Nicaragua | Floods |
EUROPE (2 countries) |
Exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies | | Moldova | Drought and lack of access to inputs for winter cropping |
Severe localized food insecurity | | Russian Federation (Chechnya) | Civil conflict |
COUNTRIES WITH UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS 2
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AFRICA | | Somalia | Conflict, drought in parts |
TERMINOLOGY
1 Countries in Crisis Requiring External Assistance are expected to lack the resources to deal with reported critical problems of food insecurity. Food crises are nearly always due to a combination of factors, but for the purpose of response planning, it is important to establish whether the nature of food crises is predominantly related to lack of food availability, limited access to food, or severe but localized problems. Accordingly, the list of countries requiring external assistance is organized into three broad, not mutually exclusive, categories:
- Countries facing an exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies as a result of crop failure, natural disasters, interruption of imports, disruption of distribution, excessive post-harvest losses, or other supply bottlenecks.
- Countries with widespread lack of access, where a majority of the population is considered to be unable to procure food from local markets, due to very low incomes, exceptionally high food prices, or the inability to circulate within the country.
- Countries with severe localized food insecurity due to the influx of refugees, a concentration of internally displaced persons, or areas with combinations of crop failure and deep poverty.
2 Countries facing unfavourable prospects for current crops are countries prospects point to a shortfall in production of current crops as a result of a reduction of the area planted and/or adverse weather conditions, plant pests, diseases and other calamities which indicate a need for close monitoring of the crops for the remainder of the growing season. |
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December 2007 
