FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2, June 2004

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2 - June 2004 p.34

KENYA

Domestic cereal availability in 2003/04 is estimated at 2.94 million tonnes against total utilization requirements of 4.55 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 May, food aid pledges amounted to 81 000 tonnes of which 51 000 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	438	210	332	980
Previous five years average imports	525	144	605	1 274
2003/04 Domestic Availability	196	33	2 706	2 935
2003 Production (incl. paddy rice)	196	50	2 706	2 952
2003 Production (incl. milled rice)	196	33	2 706	2 935
Possible stock drawdown	-	-	-	-
2003/04 Utilization	796	243	3 506	4 545
Food use	762	217	3 099	4 078
Non-food use	34	26	367	427
Exports or re-exports	-	-	10	10
Possible stock build up	-	-	30	30
2003/04 Import Requirement	600	210	800	1 610
Anticipated commercial imports	500	210	600	1 310
of which: received or contracted	186	101	27	313
Food aid needs	100	-	200	300
Current Aid Position
Food aid pledges	60	-	21	81
of which: delivered	36	-	15	51
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	29	29
of which: for local use	-	-	29	29
For export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	24	7	97	128
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2003 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice)	80	100	103	101
2003/04 Import requirement compared to average	114	146	132	126
Cereal share of total calorie intake				50
Additional Information
Major foodcrops	maize; wheat; pulses; roots; tubers
Lean season	June-July
Population (000s)	31 987
GNI per capita in 2002 (US$)	360

FAO/GIEWS - June 2004