Countries in crisis requiring external assistance1 (total: 34 countries)
Nature of Food Insecurity |
Main Reasons |
Changes from last report
(April 2008) |
AFRICA (21 countries) |
Exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies | | | Lesotho | Low productivity, HIV/AIDS pandemic | | Somalia | Conflict, adverse weather | | Swaziland | Low productivity, HIV/AIDS pandemic | | Zimbabwe | Deepening economic crisis, adverse weather | |
Widespread lack of access | | | Eritrea | IDPs, economic constraints | | Liberia | War related damage | | Mauritania | Several years of drought | | Sierra Leone | War related damage | |
Severe localized food insecurity | | | Burundi | Civil strife, IDPs and returnees | | Central African Republic | Refugees, insecurity in parts | | Chad | Refugees, conflict | | Congo, Democratic Republic of | Civil strife, returnees | | Congo, Republic of | IDPs | | Côte d'Ivoire | Conflict related damage | | Ethiopia | Insecurity in parts, localized crop failure | | Ghana | After-effects of drought and floods | | Guinea | Refugees, conflict | | Guinea-Bissau | Localized insecurity | | Kenya | Civil strife, adverse weather, pests | | Sudan | Civil strife (Darfur), insecurity (southern Sudan) | | Uganda | IDPs | |
ASIA (11 countries) |
Exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies | | | Iraq | Conflict and insufficient rainfall | |
Widespread lack of access | | | Afghanistan | Conflict and insecurity, inadequate rainfall | | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. of | Economic constraints and effects of past floods | | Myanmar | Cyclone | |
Severe localized food insecurity | | | Bangladesh | Past floods and cyclone | | China | Earthquake in southwestern China | | Nepal | Poor market access and drought | | Philippines | Typhoon | | Sri Lanka | Conflict | | Tajikistan | Winter crop damage, poor market access, locusts | | Timor-Leste | IDPs, high food prices | |
LATIN AMERICA (1 country) |
Severe localized food insecurity | | | Bolivia | Past floods | |
EUROPE (1 country) |
Exceptional shortfall in aggregate food production/supplies | | | Moldova | After-effects of 2007 drought | |
COUNTRIES WITH UNFAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT CROPS 2
AFRICA | Ethiopia | Insufficient rainfall | | Kenya | Insufficient rainfall, crop diseases | | Somalia | Adverse weather, conflicts | |
ASIA | Afghanistan | Adverse weather, limited supplies and high food prices | | Iran | Rainfall deficit, limited snowmelt | | Iraq | Generalized insufficient rainfall | | Jordan | Insufficient rainfall | | Syrian Arab Rep. | Insufficient rainfall | | Tajikistan | Adverse weather | | Tunisia | Insufficient rainfall | | Turkmenistan | Adverse weather | |
No change | Improving | Deteriorating |
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 where 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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