FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.1 - April 2004 p.43
A recent FAO/CILSS Crop Assessment Mission provisionally estimated cereal production in 2003 to have increased by about 300 000 tonnes to a record 3.6 million tonnes. In spite of this good harvest, the country will need to import about 360 000 tonnes of cereal, mainly wheat, rice and maize for which the country has a structural deficit.
| CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2003/04 MARKETING YEAR (November/October) | ||||
| Wheat | Rice | Coarse Grains | Total Cereals | |
| [ | thousand tonnes | ] | ||
| Previous year production (incl. paddy rice) | 3 | 80 | 3 258 | 3 341 |
| Previous five years average production (incl. paddy rice) | 8 | 64 | 2 808 | 2 880 |
| Previous year imports | 55 | 125 | 167 | 347 |
| Previous five years average imports | 63 | 126 | 229 | 418 |
| 2003/04 Domestic Availability | 3 | 64 | 3 549 | 3 616 |
| 2003 Production (incl. paddy rice) | 3 | 68 | 3 549 | 3 620 |
| 2003 Production (incl. milled rice) | 3 | 44 | 3 549 | 3 596 |
| Possible stock drawdown | - | 20 | - | 20 |
| 2003/04 Utilization | 63 | 184 | 3 729 | 3 976 |
| Food use | 62 | 176 | 2 924 | 3 161 |
| Non-food use | 1 | 8 | 581 | 590 |
| Exports or re-exports | - | - | 55 | 55 |
| Possible stock build up | - | - | 170 | 170 |
| 2003/04 Import Requirement | 60 | 120 | 180 | 360 |
| Anticipated commercial imports | 55 | 106 | 180 | 341 |
| of which: received or contracted | - | - | - | - |
| Food aid needs | 5 | 14 | - | 19 |
| Current Aid Position | ||||
| Food aid pledges | 5 | 14 | - | 19 |
| of which: delivered | - | - | - | - |
| Donor-financed purchases | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| of which: for local use | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| for export | - | - | - | - |
| Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year) | 5 | 14 | 237 | 257 |
| Indexes | [ | percentage | ] | |
| 2003 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice) | 36 | 106 | 126 | 126 |
| 2003/04 Import requirement compared to average | 95 | 95 | 79 | 86 |
| Cereal share of total calorie intake | 69 | |||
| Additional Information | ||||
| Major foodcrops | millet; sorghum; pulses; roots; tubers | |||
| Lean season | July-September | |||
| Population (000s) | 12 315 | |||
| GNI per capita in 2002 (US$) | 170 | |||