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

62.   That could mean another poor harvest, rising inflation and the threat of widespread discontent.

63.   The poor harvest in the past was at odds with the seriousness with which Greeks, both in antiquity and today, regard Olympic success.

64.   The report said the latest harvest yielded less than half the expected output, the worst in a series of poor harvests.

65.   The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency says consecutive poor harvests in the North, coupled with distribution problems, have produced chronic food shortages.

66.   The United Nations has appealed for money to purchase urgently needed food for hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians hit by drought and poor harvest.

67.   The World Food Program blamed erratic rainfall and flooding coupled with continued fighting in parts of Rwanda for the poor harvest and low food stocks in households.

68.   The World Food Program blamed erratic rainfall and flooding coupled with continued fighting in parts of Rwanda on poor harvest and low food stocks in households.

69.   The worst food shortages generally have occurred not because of drought or poor harvests, but because of the disruptions of war and displacement of populations.

70.   This week, North Korean news media reported that the country was headed towards another poor harvest, with its crops ravaged again by drought.