FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2 - August 2002 p.24
Area: | 2 200 sq km |
Climate: | Tropical wet-dry; one hot rainy season with cyclone probability; June-October dry and cool |
Population: | 0.815 million (2002 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$380 (2000) |
Specific characteristics of the country: | Low-income food-deficit country; archipelago of four small islands |
Logistics: | - |
Major foodcrops: | Rice, roots, tubers, bananas and coconuts |
Marketing year: | January/December |
Share of cereals in total calorie intake: | 44 percent |
Most of the country’s agricultural land is planted to cash crops, bananas and root crops. Only one-quarter of the cereal requirement is produced locally and, consequently, there is a structural deficit of some 46 000 tonnes of cereals, fully covered by commercial imports.
Wheat | Rice | Coarse grains | Total | |
Previous five years average production | - | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Previous five years average imports | 6 | 40 | - | 46 |
2002 Domestic Availability | - | 2 | 4 | 6 |
2001 Production (rice in paddy terms) | - | 3 | 4 | 7 |
2001 Production (rice in milled terms) | - | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Possible stock drawdown | - | - | - | - |
2002 Utilization | 6 | 42 | 4 | 52 |
Food use | 6 | 40 | 2 | 48 |
of which: local purchase requirement | - | - | - | - |
Non-food use | - | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Exports or re-exports | - | - | - | - |
Possible stock build up | - | - | - | - |
2002 Import Requirement | 6 | 40 | - | 46 |
Anticipated commercial imports | 6 | 40 | - | 46 |
Food aid needs | - | - | - | - |
Current Aid Position | ||||
Food aid pledges | - | - | - | - |
of which: delivered | - | - | - | - |
Donor-financed purchases | - | - | - | - |
of which: for local use | - | - | - | - |
for export | - | - | - | - |
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year) | 7 | 49 | 3 | 59 |
Indexes | ||||
2001 Production as % of average: | 100 | |||
2002 Import requirement as % of average: | 100 |