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儘管豐收糧食作物， 33個國家在糧食危機： 聯合國
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儘管今年一種豐收糧食作物的投射， 33個國家不會有足够的食物，與伊拉克和津巴布韋在最堅硬的命中之中，聯合國食物代辦處認為星期二。
國家以「普遍缺乏對食物的通入」根據食品和農產品組織「莊稼遠景和食物情況」報告的4月問題包括阿富汗、北朝鮮、厄立特里亞、埃塞俄比亞、海地、利比里亞、毛里塔尼亞、尼泊爾、尼日爾和塞阿里昂。
Hardest hit, with an “exceptional shortfall” in food production and supplies, are Iraq, Lesotho, the Philippines, Swaziland and Zimbabwe, the FAO said.
In eastern Africa, millions “still depend on food assistance … due to a combination of factors including conflict and adverse weather conditions,” it said.
In southern Africa, preliminary forecasts suggest a below-average maize yield similar to that of 2006, the statement said, although prospects vary from country to country.
Prospects are good overall in Latin America and the Caribbean, except for in Bolivia, where severe weather, ranging from torrential rains to drought, has caused extensive losses to agriculture, livestock and other assets.
World cereal production is forecast to increase by 4.3 percent to a record two billion tonnes, the Rome-based agency said.
“The bulk of the increase is expected in maize, (and) a significant rise in wheat output is also foreseen, with a recovery in some major exporting countries after weather problems last year,” it said.
About half of the increase — some 41 million tonnes — will come from the production of “coarse grains,” mainly maize, in North and South America to meet surging demand for ethanol fuel, the FAO study found.
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