Chad: Floods - Aug 1999 Updates

The off-season crop and market gardening harvests are winding down. Production is good, as anticipated, after the high flood levels late last season. Other activities such as fishing are also...

Appeal no. 01.07/99 Period covered: 1 July - 31 December, 1999 In the course of 1999, despite encountering difficulties primarily related to logistics constraints and insecurity, the Federation's...

In Chad’s Sahelian zone, the rainfed cereal harvest, which ended in November, is expected to be smaller than the FAO/CILSS pre-harvest estimate of 600,000 MT and may be near average levels. An Action...

The rainfed-crop harvest is progressing in the Sudanian zone of Chad. In the Sahelian zone, the rainfed harvest is ending. Planting of recessional sorghum—delayed because water took longer than usual...

Harvest prospects are favourable, reflecting above-normal rains in August and September. Pastures are abundant and the pest situation remained mostly calm. A joint FAO/CILSS Crop Assessment Mission...

After 6 weeks of heavy to extremely heavy rains in Chad’s Sudanian zone (see Sahel rains box, figure 5), drier conditions returned during September. Although this dryness was welcome, large areas of...

Extremely heavy rains continued through early August across most of Chad's agricultural area. These rains caused crop damage in some areas and hindered weeding, an activity that is necessary to...

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Growing conditions remained mostly favourable despite excessive rains in August in some areas. Rains in August were abundant and widespread. Unusually heavy rains in the first two dekads (146 mm in 8...

The Disaster Torrential rains since late July have caused flooding in 11 out of 14 provinces of Chad, with the following areas or districts the most severely affected: Batha in the centre of the...

The rainfall situation for Chad improved during July with heavy rains moving into the Sahelian agroclimatic zone. These rains will create soil conditions necessary for an excellent recessional...

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Ref:OCHA/99/0122 CHAD FLOODS OCHA Situation Report No.1 23 August 1999 General Situation 1. Very heavy rains, since late July, have caused flooding in 11 out of the 14 provinces of the country...

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