No.1��February�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 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  Localized floods in Southern Africa  Severe floods affected agriculture and livestock sectors in Bolivia Statistical Appendix Note

GIEWS	��global information and early warning system on food and agriculture

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