FAO: Foodcrops and Shortages

Some 60 million people in 33 countries are facing food emergencies of varying intensity, according to a report released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

FAO's Foodcrops and Shortages found sub-Saharan Africa worst off with 16 countries suffering from exceptional food emergencies caused mostly by natural disasters and civil strife.

The 33 countries facing food emergencies are:

AFRICA (16 countries): Angola, Burundi, Congo Dem. Rep., Congo Rep. of, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea , Kenya, Liberia,
Madagascar, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda .

ASIA (11 countries): Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Georgia, Iraq, Jordan, Korea DPR , Mongolia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.

LATIN AMERICA (4 countries): Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador.

EUROPE (2 countries): Russian Fed., F.Rep.Yugoslavia.

More information: FAO Press Release (1 March 2001)

Date of publication: 06/03/2001

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