Afghanistan
Mission Highlights The lowest precipitation in 40 years, increased pest infestations and lower plantings due to a diversion of area to more lucrative cash crops have sharply reduced the 1999 cereal output. Aggregate cereal output in 1999 is forecast at 3.24…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Table of Contents1. OVERVIEW 2. EARLY PROSPECTS FOR 1999 CROP PRODUCTION 2.1 Rainfall 2.2 Fertilisers 3. 1999 DOUBLE CROPPING PROGRAMMES AND POTATOES 3.1 Spring Barley 3.2 Winter Wheat 3.3 Potatoes 4. FOOD SUPPLY SITUATION 4.1 Coping Mechanisms 4.2 Food Rations 4.3 Updated cereal supply/demand balance 1998/99 5.…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
1. OVERVIEW The combination of natural disasters from 1995 to 1997, which crippled the agricultural sector, and deepening economic slowdown since the early 1990s which has eroded national capacity to import food, essential inputs and energy, have…
Afghanistan
The mildest winter in the last 40 years and an outbreak of pests have sharply reduced the 1999 cereal output. An FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply assessment Mission which visited the country from 22 May to 23 June 1999…
Bangladesh
source: Government of Bangladesh 32 of 64 Districts in Bangladesh affected 100,000 sq. km inundated (66% of the country) 1,050 deaths reported 30 million people affected 25 million people left homeless 26,000 livestock lost 575,000 hectares of crops destroyed 20,000…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
North Korea is a poor, mountainous country with a small amount of productive farmland. A cool, continental climate limits the amount of grain and other food crops it can produce. Food shortages were suspected in North…
Viet Nam
General Department of Water Management and Hydraulic Works Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development General Department of Water Management and Hydraulic Works Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Independence-Freedom-Happiness Hanoi, 11 March 1999 Official Report on Current Drought Situation and Drought Preparedness…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
The entire document (including annexes and map) can be found on the WFP website at http://www.wfp.org/OP/Countries/dprk/nutrition_survey.htmlReport by the EU, UNICEF and WFP of a study undertaken in collaboration with the Government to DPRK November 1998 Contents Introduction Survey Methods Study Population Sampling…
Viet Nam
This page is maintained by the Disaster Management Unit, UNDP Project VIE/97/002 164 Tran Quang Khai, Hanoi, Vietnam Tel: (84-4) 824-1072 Fax: (84-4) 824-1795 Email: dmu@undp.org.vn <http://www.undp.org.vn/dmu/latest/en/frame.htm> Damage Category Damage Items Unit Flood 19 to 22 October Storm No.4,14 Nov. Storm No. 5 &Cold Front20…
Bangladesh
MISSION HIGHLIGHTS Unprecedented floods from July to September caused around 2.2 million tonnes of rice production losses. Monsoon rice production (Aus and Aman) in 1998 will be 14 percent and 20 percent lower than 1997 and 1996 (a…
