Évaluations

Harvesting of the 2001 cereal and pulse crops will start in the coming few weeks. Cumulative main season rains from June have been normal to above normal in main cereal growing areas. Output from the current agricultural season is…

In the wake of two consecutive years of serious drought, extensive floods in parts of northern and southern Sudan have displaced tens of thousands of people, destroyed crops and aggravated the already precarious food supply situation in the affected…

Harvesting of the 2001 main season cereal crop is almost complete and the outlook is favourable following normal rains. The first rainy season was fully established by midMarch in most southern parts providing adequate moisture for growing crops. In…

Harvesting of the 2001 main season ("Gu") cereal crops is nearing completion. Erratic and below-normal rains in the main growing areas in the south have affected crops. Preliminary forecasts point to a sorghum output of about onethird of the…

Prospects for the 2001 main "meher" season cereal crop, to be harvested from late October, are favourable. Abundant rains in July and August benefited developing crops in major producing regions. However, heavy rains and floods in parts have caused…

As a result of an expansion of 13 percent in the area planted, generally favourable weather and increased distribution of agricultural inputs, the 2001 cereal production was estimated by an FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission last May…

Following two consecutive years of serious drought, extensive floods in northern Sudan have displaced tens of thousands of people, destroyed crops and aggravated the already precarious food supply situation in the affected areas. Heavy rains in the Blue Nile…

OVERVIEW The effects of the shortfall in food availability in Southern Somalia, as detailed in the separate FSAU publication 'Food Security Report' for July might not be expected to have a serious impact on a normally healthy…

Executive Summary, Discussion and Recommendations Executive Summary During the first quarter of 2001, reports started to emerge from Camacupa, Bié Province of a serious humanitarian situation arising with extreme levels of malnutrition in the displaced populations. Newly established camps in Camacupa…

Multi-Agency1 Assessment Mission: 23 July - 3 August 2001 By Yves Guinand, UN-Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia 1. Introduction and background Reports on poor 'gu'2 rains in large parts of 'haud'3 areas of Puntland and Somalia as well as of Warder Zone in…