Sierra Leone
Assessing Trauma in Sierra Leone Psychosocial Questionnaire: Freetown Survey Outcomes A Médecins Sans Frontières Report January 11, 2000 Kaz de Jong Maureen Mulham Saskia van der Kam Summary This report is based on a mental health survey of persons in Freetown, Sierra Leone in…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
INTRODUCTION La sécurité alimentaire est définie par la Banque Mondiale comme étant « l'accès, pour toute personne et à tout moment, à suffisamment de nourriture pour mener une vie saine et active ». Dans le contexte actuel de crise extrême que traverse…
Angola + 12 more
INTRODUCTION This is the last of three annual issues of this report prepared by the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) on the food supply situation and cereal import and food aid requirements for all…
Chad
The rainfed-crop harvest is progressing in the Sudanian zone of Chad. In the Sahelian zone, the rainfed harvest is ending. Planting of recessional sorghum—delayed because water took longer than usual to recede from recessional croplands after…
Chad
Harvest prospects are favourable, reflecting above-normal rains in August and September. Pastures are abundant and the pest situation remained mostly calm. A joint FAO/CILSS Crop Assessment Mission from 18 to 22 October estimated 1999 cereal production at 1 153 294…
Ghana
Growing conditions are satisfactory so far. Rainfall was well distributed and above normal from the second dekad of June to mid-September, favouring crop development. Army worm infestations were reported in the Upper East region, threatening millet and sorghum. In September,…
Togo
Harvest prospects are favourable reflecting widespread and above-normal rains during the growing season. Soil moisture reserves are adequate and so far the pest situation remains calm. Floods have been reported in Kara, Plateaux, Maritime and Savanes regions. The worst affected…
Gambia
Harvest prospects are good, reflecting satisfactory growing conditions. Unusually heavy rains have been registered, notably in August. They caused substantial flooding, notably in the west. Cumulative rainfall is above normal as it generally exceeds 1000 mm, reaching up to 1723.4…
Liberia + 1 more
Growing conditions are favourable so far but crop prospects remain constrained by continuing civil disturbances in some areas. The 1999 rainy season has progressed satisfactorily with generally well distributed and above-normal rainfall. Output is expected to be similar to or…
