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National food aid estimated at 70,000 mt

    NAIROBI

    A joint FAO-WFP crop and food supply assessment mission recently estimated Somalia’s national food aid requirements for the period August 1999-July 2000 at 70,000 mt, a USAID-FEWS report said. According to the mission, some 63,000 mt of food aid are already committed for this period, leaving an unfulfilled food aid requirement of 7,000 mt between now and mid-2000. So far, the total food aid committed to the Somalia Aid Coordination Body (SACB) emergency appeal issued in July is approximately 20,000 mt. Seeds requested for the upcoming deyr (secondary) season have also been committed.

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