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iciHaiti - Social : Haiti on the list of countries in need of external food aid
25/09/2017 08:11:26

According to the latest edition of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) quarterly report on Crop Prospects and Food Situation, important crops in Latin America and better agricultural conditions in Southern Africa are on the verge of having a positive effect on the global food supply, but ongoing civil strife and climate shocks are undermining efforts to reduce the suffering of hunger.

Hurricanes in the Caribbean and flooding in West Africa are likely to hamper the production of local farms, but trends in food production are rather positive, thanks in particular to projected cereal production in several country.

According to the report, nearly 37 countries, including 28 in Africa, require external food aid. The situation in Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Haiti , Iraq, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Burma, Niger and Nigeria , Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Uganda, Yemen and Zimbabwe have remained unchanged since June 2017.

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