11.   A bad harvest in both those countries thwarted that plan.

12.   But South Korean government reports say bad harvests in recent years have left the North with worsening shortages.

13.   Economic mismanagement and the loss of Soviet aid have left North Korean industry without fuel or raw materials, compounding the impact of three years of bad harvests.

14.   Earlier this week Saddam sacked his minister of agriculture, Karim Hassan Ridha, for mismanagement after a bad harvest.

15.   North Korea, which has suffered three years of disastrously bad harvests, proposed last week holding talks on fertilizer donations and other issues.

16.   Saddam sacked his minister of agriculture earlier this week for mismanagement after a bad harvest.

17.   Scanty rainfall and locust attacks are the major reasons for the poor harvests and one in three farming districts in Niger registered bad harvests.

18.   South Korea says recent bad harvests have aggravated food shortages there.

19.   Sudanese exports have plummeted after a bad harvest, part of worsening economic conditions that threaten to unleash more unrest in Sudan, government ministers say.

20.   The group says malnutrition is also rife as a bad autumn harvest has further reduced food supplies to the country.