FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3, December 2003

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3 - December 2003 p.34

KENYA

Domestic cereal availability in 2003/04 is estimated at 2.93 million tonnes against total utilization requirements of 4.5 million tonnes. Thus, total cereal import requirement is estimated at 1.61 million tonnes, of which commercial imports are estimated at 1.3 million tonnes, leaving a food aid requirement of 300 000 tonnes. As of end November, food aid pledges amounted to 39 000 tonnes of which 15 000 tonnes had been delivered.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2003/04 MARKETING YEAR (October/September)
	Wheat	Rice	Coarse Grains	Total Cereals
	[	thousand tonnes		]
Previous year production (incl. paddy rice)	297	50	2 619	2 966
Previous five years average production (incl. paddy rice)	246	50	2 635	2 931
Previous year imports	400	210	510	1 120
Previous five years average imports	556	144	642	1 342
2003/04 Domestic Availability	210	33	2 686	2 929
2003 Production (incl. paddy rice)	210	50	2 506	2 766
2003 Production (incl. milled rice)	210	33	2 506	2 749
Possible stock drawdown	-	-	180	180
2003/04 Utilization	810	243	3 486	4 539
Food use	769	217	3 149	4 135
Non-food use	31	26	337	394
Exports or re-exports	-	-	-	-
Possible stock build up	10	-	-	10
2003/04 Import Requirement	600	210	800	1 610
Anticipated commercial imports	500	210	600	1 310
of which: received or contracted	-	-	-	-
Food aid needs	100	-	200	300
Current Aid Position
Food aid pledges	30	-	9	39
of which: delivered	15	-	-	15
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	-	-
of which: for local use	-	-	-	-
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	24	7	98	129
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2003 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice)	85	100	95	94
2003/04 Import requirement compared to average	108	146	125	120
Cereal share of total calorie intake				50
Additional Information
Major foodcrops	maize; wheat; pulses; roots; tubers
Lean season	June-July
Population (000s)	31 987
GNP per capita in 2002 (US$)	360

FAO/GIEWS - December 2003