Africa Report - No. 2 September 2005

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2 - September 2005 p.44

NIGER

The 2004 cereal production has been estimated at 2.63 million tonnes, which is 27 percent lower than last year’s good crop, and 12 percent below average. This in addition to limited supply in and reduced imports from neighbouring countries led to very high food prices. Per caput cereal consumption is estimated to drop to about 180 kg this commercial year, compared to 228 kg in 2003/04.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2004/05 MARKETING YEAR (November/October)
	Wheat	Rice	Coarse Grains	Total Cereals
	[	thousand tonnes		]
Previous year production (incl. paddy rice)	8	62	3 506	3 576
Previous five years average production (incl. paddy rice)	7	65	2 927	2 999
Previous year imports	37	124	59	220
Previous five years average imports	52	112	81	245
2004/05 Domestic Availability	9	81	2 733	2 823
2004 Production (incl. paddy rice)	9	78	2 539	2 626
2004 Production (incl. milled rice)	9	51	2 539	2 599
Possible stock drawdown	-	30	194	224
2004/05 Utilization	36	171	2 783	2 990
Food use	35	161	2 127	2 324
Non-food use	1	9	506	516
Exports or re-exports	-	-	150	150
Possible stock build up	-	-	-	-
2004/05 Import Requirement	27	90	50	167
Anticipated commercial imports	20	50	22	92
of which: received or contracted	8	32	-	40
Food aid needs	7	40	28	75
Current Aid Position
Food aid pledges	6	35	13	54
of which: delivered	6	35	7	48
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	10	10
of which: for local use	-	-	10	10
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	3	13	165	180
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2004 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice)	129	120	87	88
2004/05 Import requirement compared to average	52	80	62	68
Cereal share of total calorie intake				69
Additional Information
Major foodcrops	millet; sorghum; pulses; roots; tubers
Lean season	July-September
Population (000s)	12 873
GNI per capita in 2003 (US$)	200

FAO/GIEWS - September 2005