Guinea-Bissau
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…
Chad
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…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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…
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…
Rwanda
I. Introduction Approximately 800,000 people were killed during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The systematic slaughter of men, women and children which took place over the course of about 100 days between April and July of 1994…
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…
Liberia + 1 more
Harvest prospects are generally favourable, reflecting adequate growing conditions. However, heavy rains in July/August caused crop damage. Thousands of people were displaced in Conakry due to floods. The overall food supply situation is satisfactory except for displaced persons and refugees. According…
