Évaluations

1. OVERVIEW Since November 1996, when the last FAO/GIEWS Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission visited the country, serious security problems precluded any meaningful assessment of the food situation in Sierra Leone. It was only towards the…

Seasonably dry conditions prevail. Planting of the first maize crop is expected to start in March in the south. The overall food supply situation is satisfactory. However, due to heavy rain, three hydroelectric dams released water in the Kaduna, Benue…

Seasonably dry conditions prevail. Reflecting favourable growing conditions and an improved security situation, 1999 cereal production is expected to be similar to or above the previous year, except in the north where fighting broke out in Lofa County during…

The food supply situation remains tight in most parts of the country as a result of the persistent civil war. In particular, severe food shortages and malnutrition are reported among the large numbers of the displaced population in northeastern…

Substantial floods affected the north of the country in early November and the districts of Mpila and Kangabanzi in the north-east of Brazzaville in late November/early December. The security situation has improved in the Pool region over the past…

Seasonably dry conditions prevail. Reflecting abundant rains and favourable growing conditions, cereal production in 1999 is estimated at a record of 161 000 tonnes which is 10 percent above 1998. Following successive record crops, the food supply situation is satisfactory.

Seasonably dry conditions prevail. A joint FAO/CILSS Crop Assessment Mission estimated 1999 cereal production at 138 700 tonnes (rice in paddy equivalent), which is 6 percent above 1998, but below the 1997/98 pre-crisis level and below average. Production of…

In Chad’s Sahelian zone, the rainfed cereal harvest, which ended in November, is expected to be smaller than the FAO/CILSS pre-harvest estimate of 600,000 MT and may be near average levels. An Action Committee for Food…

SUMMARY OF CURRENT SITUATION South Kivu In all four zones, ‘poor’, ‘middle’ and ‘rich’ households have lost purchasing power since 1997, the baseline year. In other words, households in all wealth groups and in all zones are poorer…