Assessments

(Circulated only for countries where foodcrops or supply situation conditions give rise to concern) The food supply situation in Southern Africa is tight as a result of a sharply reduced 2001 cereal harvest, caused by adverse weather…

Latest preliminary estimate of the recently harvested 2001 maize crop has been revised downwards to 2.047 million tonnes, a decline of 18 percent from the bumper crop of last year but still at the average level of the past…

March 21- 31, 2001 Regional Early Warning Unit, Harare, Zimbabwe Summary Heavy rainfall mainly confined to eastern and western Angola, most of Democratic Republic of Congo, western, northern and eastern Zambia and northern Malawi and Mozambique... In the southern half…

INTRODUCTION This is the first 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 countries in sub-Saharan…

Continuous heavy rains in February and March resulted in serious floods in 13 of the country's 27 districts, particularly in southern areas along the Shire River. Official reports indicate that 200 000 people are displaced due to the floods…

Harare - ZimbabweSADC REGIONAL OVERVIEW While preliminary forecasts are yet to be made in most SADC countries, indicative REWU forecasts suggest a 26% decline in the 2000/2001 SADC maize harvest to between 14.45 and 15.10 million tonnes…

OVERVIEW With about two months to the end of the cropping season in southern Africa, harvest prospects have deteriorated reflecting adverse weather in several parts. The season generally started normally with timely, abundant and well distributed rains, except in a few…