Refugee Nutrition Information System (RNIS), No. 14 - Report on the Nutrition Situation of Refugees and Displaced Populations (UNSSCN, 1996, 45 p.): List of Tables, Figures and Annexes: Annex 2

Refugee Nutrition Information System (RNIS), No. 14 - Report on the Nutrition Situation of Refugees and Displaced Populations (UNSSCN, 1996, 45 p.)

List of Tables, Figures and Annexes

		Table 1 - Information Available on Total Refugee/Displaced Populations (as of February 1996)
		Table 2 - Summary of Origin and Location of Major Populations of Refugees, Returnees and Displaced People in Africa February 1996 - RNIS #14 (population estimates in thousands)
		Figure 1 - Refugee and Displaced Populations
		Figure 2 - Trends in Total Refugee/Displaced Populations and Risk Categories
		Figure 3 - Trends in Population Estimates and Risk Categories in Six Countries
		Annex 1 - Results of Surveys Quoted in February RNIS Report (#14) - usually children 6-59 months
		Annex 2 - Seasonality in Sub-Saharan Africa*

Annex 2 - Seasonality in Sub-Saharan Africa*

*Country*	*Climate/Rainy Season/Harvest*

Angola	Coastal area desert, SW semi-arid, rest of country: rains Sept-April
Burundi	Three crop seasons: Sept-Jan, Feb-Jun, and Jul-Aug
CAR	Rains March-Nov
Djibouti	Arid Climate
Ethiopia	Two rainy seasons February to May and June to October
Kenya	N-E is semi-arid to arid, Central and SW rains: March-May and Nov-Dec
Liberia	Rains March-Nov
Mozambique	Coast is semi-arid, rest wet-dry Harvest May
Rwanda	Rains Feb-May with Aug harvest and Sept-Nov with Jan harvest
Sierra Leone	Rains March-Oct.
Somalia	Two seasons: April to August (harvest) and October to January/February (harvest)
Sudan	Rains April-Oct
Northern	Rains begin May/June
Southern	Rains begin March/April
Togo	Two rainy seasons in S, one in N. Harvest August
Uganda	Rains Mar-Oct
Zaire	Tropical climate. Harvest in N: November; in S January

*SOURCES: FAO, “Food Supply Situation and Crop Prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa”, Special Report; No 4/5, Dec. 90 plus various FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Missions.