Source: World Food Programme
Country: China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Viet Nam
Highlights
· In 2014, the monsoon rains were late across most of East Asia, leading to delays in the start of the growing season. Improved rainfall from August onwards, allowed for a good recovery across most of the region.
· Though most countries avoided significant impacts on national aggregate crop production, DPRK suffered from a very poor rainfall season with significant reductions in agricultural production.
· Elsewhere, localised impacts are noted in Pakistan, India, Vietnam, China, Myanmar.
· Drier than average conditions affected pastoralist and subsistence agriculture in Thar and Sindh in SE Pakistan.
· In India, eastern China, Vietnam and Myanmar, rainfall anomalies are not expected to significantly affect national crop production.