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Dear All,
We are pleased to share the latest issue of the
Crop Prospect and Food Situation
quarterly report that focuses on developments affecting the food situation of developing countries and Low-Income Food-Deficit Countries (LIFDCs). The report also includes an overview of global cereal production prospects and a table highlighting countries
that require external assistance for food, identifying the primary causes of the local food crises.
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Crop Prospects and Food Situation |
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5 March 2018 COUNTRIES REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE FOR FOOD FAO assesses that globally 37 countries are in need of external assistance for food. Conflicts continue
to be the main factor driving the high levels of severe food insecurity. Weather shocks have also adversely impacted food availability and access, notably in East Africa.
REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
AFRICA
Drought conditions in parts of East Africa curbed cereal production in 2017, intensifying food insecurity in several areas, while the persisting conflict in South Sudan
contributed to the drop in the 2017 national cereal harvest to its lowest level since 2013. For 2018, countries in North and Southern Africa are likely to gather reduced harvests due to dry weather conditions. In the remaining subregions, planting of the 2018
cereal crops will start from April.
ASIA
Conflicts continue to acutely debilitate food security in Yemen and the Syrian Arab Republic, where large numbers of people require urgent humanitarian assistance. The 2018
main wheat production outlook in the Far East is overall favourable, while dryness has lowered expectations in the Near East and CIS countries.
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Following record cereal outputs in Argentina and Brazil in
the previous year, production in 2018 is expected to fall, but to remain above average, in South America mostly owing to reduced plantings after consecutive years of record crops. |
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Enquiries may be directed to: Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture
(GIEWS) Trade and Markets Division (EST)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153 Rome, Italy |
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