Han Changfu,Chinese Minister of Agriculture (XINHUA)

"The country's winter wheat producing regions have suffered severe drought since October last year, and the possibility of spring drought is surfacing."

Han Changfu, Chinese Minister of Agriculture

"We hoped the crisis [in Cote d'Ivoire] could end quickly but instead, the problem [Cote d'Ivoirian refugees pouring into neighboring Liberia] has grown far beyond Liberia's capacity to cope."

Togo McIntosh,Liberian Foreign Minister