FAO/GIEWS: Africa
Report, March 1998:
Table 6: Cereal Food Aid Pledges
to Sub-Saharan Africa for 1997/98 or 1998 and Triangular
Transactions/Local Purchases known to FAO as early March 1998 (in thousand
tons).
Donor |
Wheat |
Rice |
Coarse grains |
Total cereals |
Of which triangular transactions |
Local purchases |
Canada |
37.3 |
- |
1.4 |
38.7 |
- |
- |
China |
1.0 |
- |
- |
1.0 |
- |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EC |
264.4 |
23.4 |
133.7 |
421.5 |
1.2 |
57.7 |
of which: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Community action |
194.6 |
12.4 |
34.2 |
241.2 |
1.2 |
23.8 |
National action |
69.8 |
11.0 |
99.5 |
180.3 |
0.0 |
33.9 |
Belgium |
2.0 |
2.3 |
20.2 |
24.5 |
- |
1.0 |
France |
33.9 |
- |
52.3 |
86.2 |
- |
8.0 |
Greece |
15.0 |
- |
- |
15.0 |
- |
- |
Germany |
14.8 |
3.1 |
27.0 |
44.9 |
- |
24.5 |
Italy |
0.6 |
5.6 |
- |
6.2 |
- |
- |
United Kingdom |
3.5 |
- |
- |
3.5 |
- |
0.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Iran |
1.0 |
- |
- |
1.0 |
- |
- |
Japan |
- |
80.4 |
- |
80.4 |
- |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NGOs |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
CCC |
- |
- |
0.4 |
0.4 |
- |
- |
Other |
- |
- |
- |
0.0 |
0.1 |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Switzerland |
- |
- |
- |
0.0 |
- |
1.8 |
United States |
393.7 |
52.8 |
113.9 |
560.4 |
- |
- |
World Food Programme |
60.7 |
5.7 |
309.3 |
375.7 |
39.8 |
29.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL |
758.1 |
162.3 |
558.7 |
1 479.1 |
41.0 |
89.2 |
Note: Totals computed from unrounded data