FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2 - June 2004 p.44
The aggregate 2003 cereal production is estimated at a record 3.58 million tonnes, some 7 percent more than the bumper crop harvested in the previous year. Output of millet, by far the most important crop, increased by 175 000 tonnes to 2.74 million tonnes. Notwithstanding the good harvest, a total of about 398 000 tonnes of wheat, rice and maize, for which the country has a structural deficit, will need to be imported in the 2003/04 marketing year (November/October).
| 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 | 8 | 60 | 3 506 | 3 574 |
| 2003 Production (incl. paddy rice) | 8 | 62 | 3 506 | 3 576 |
| 2003 Production (incl. milled rice) | 8 | 40 | 3 506 | 3 554 |
| Possible stock drawdown | - | 20 | - | 20 |
| 2003/04 Utilization | 83 | 203 | 3 686 | 3 972 |
| Food use | 82 | 196 | 2 952 | 3 229 |
| Non-food use | 1 | 7 | 584 | 593 |
| Exports or re-exports | - | - | 60 | 60 |
| Possible stock build up | - | - | 90 | 90 |
| 2003/04 Import Requirement | 75 | 143 | 180 | 398 |
| Anticipated commercial imports | 75 | 135 | 180 | 390 |
| of which: received or contracted | - | - | - | - |
| Food aid needs | - | 8 | - | 8 |
| Current Aid Position | ||||
| Food aid pledges | 5 | 16 | - | 20 |
| of which: delivered | - | 9 | - | 9 |
| Donor-financed purchases | - | - | 5 | 5 |
| of which: for local use | - | - | 5 | 5 |
| for export | - | - | - | - |
| Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year) | 7 | 17 | 250 | 274 |
| Indexes | [ | percentage | ] | |
| 2003 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice) | 94 | 97 | 125 | 124 |
| 2003/04 Import requirement compared to average | 119 | 113 | 79 | 95 |
| Cereal share of total calorie intake | 69 | |||
| Additional Information | ||||
| Major foodcrops | millet; sorghum; pulses; roots; tubers | |||
| Lean season | July-September | |||
| Population (000s) | 11 796 | |||
| GNI per capita in 2002 (US$) | 180 | |||