As in the rest of Georgia, all economic indicators in Abkhazia fell precipitously in the wake of the break-up of the Soviet Union. [...] The general situation in each of the various primary production and social sectors is examined in more detail, leading on to the identification of priority needs in the short and medium term. [...] Much of this infrastructure suffered extensive damage and widespread looting during the war and continues to deteriorate as a result of the inability of the de facto authorities as well as of individuals to maintain and repair public assets and private housing. [...] A particularly critical situation prevails in the field of 4 sanitation and in the provision of veterinary services where lack of resources has led to prolonged neglect of water supply and sewage installations and in protecting the health of livestock. [...] Whereas food security is assured through the shift towards subsistence agriculture, the production of the traditional cash crops for export, tea, citrus, tobacco and hazelnut, which constituted the mainstay of the Abkhaz economy, have plummeted to fractions of the output ten years ago.
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