FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2 - September 2005 p.22
The country’s food import requirement for 2005 is estimated at 480 000 tonnes or about one-fourth of total utilisation but mostly in the form of wheat and rice for urban consumption. The food aid to this country is more or less set at 60 000 tonnes.
| CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2005 MARKETING YEAR (January/December) | ||||
| Wheat | Rice | Coarse Grains | Total Cereals | |
| [ | thousand tonnes | ] | ||
| Previous year production (incl. paddy rice) | 9 | 315 | 1 246 | 1 569 |
| Previous five years average production (incl. paddy rice) | 9 | 329 | 1 266 | 1 604 |
| Previous year imports | 250 | 100 | 81 | 431 |
| Previous five years average imports | 189 | 92 | 69 | 350 |
| 2005 Domestic Availability | 9 | 210 | 1 250 | 1 469 |
| 2004 Production (incl. paddy rice) | 9 | 315 | 1 250 | 1 574 |
| 2004 Production (incl. milled rice) | 9 | 210 | 1 250 | 1 469 |
| Possible stock drawdown | - | - | - | - |
| 2005 Utilization | 309 | 310 | 1 330 | 1 949 |
| Food use | 301 | 273 | 1 054 | 1 627 |
| Non-food use | 8 | 38 | 276 | 322 |
| Exports or re-exports | - | - | - | - |
| Possible stock build up | - | - | - | - |
| 2005 Import Requirement | 300 | 100 | 80 | 480 |
| Anticipated commercial imports | 300 | 90 | 30 | 420 |
| of which: received or contracted | 128 | 11 | 7 | 146 |
| Food aid needs | - | 10 | 50 | 60 |
| Current Aid Position | ||||
| Food aid pledges | - | 6 | 30 | 36 |
| of which: delivered | - | 6 | 19 | 25 |
| Donor-financed purchases | - | - | 11 | 11 |
| of which: for local use | - | - | 11 | 11 |
| for export | - | - | - | - |
| Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year) | 5 | 5 | 19 | 29 |
| Indexes | [ | percentage | ] | |
| 2004 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice) | 94 | 96 | 99 | 98 |
| 2005 Import requirement compared to average | 159 | 109 | 116 | 137 |
| Cereal share of total calorie intake | 18 | |||
| Additional Information | ||||
| Major foodcrops | roots; tubers; coarse grains; fruit | |||
| Lean season | north: October; south: November-December | |||
| Population (000s) | 56 114 | |||
| GNI per capita in 2003 (US$) | 100 | |||