HC Deb 16 March 1987 vol 112 c348W
45. Mr. Tony Lloyd

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of those countries where he estimates there will be food shortages this year.

Mr. Chris Patten

The latest reports by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations list 11 countries facing abnormal food shortages: Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Sudan, Bangladesh, Kampuchea, Lebanon and Vietnam.

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