Africa Report - No. 2 September 2005

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2 - September 2005 p.57

UGANDA

Domestic cereal availability in the 2005 marketing year (January/December) is estimated at 2.40 million tonnes against total utilization requirement of about 2.69 million tonnes. The cereal import requirement is thus estimated at 281 000 tonnes. With commercial imports anticipated at 130 000 tonnes, there is a food aid requirement of 151 000 tonnes. As of mid-August, food aid pledges amounted to 146 000 tonnes, of which 66 000 tonnes had been delivered.

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)	12	115	2 290	2 417
Previous five years average production (incl. paddy rice)	12	111	2 154	2 277
Previous year imports	50	50	119	219
Previous five years average imports	54	43	73	170
2005 Domestic Availability	12	73	2 320	2 405
2004 Production (incl. paddy rice)	12	110	2 320	2 442
2004 Production (incl. milled rice)	12	73	2 320	2 405
Possible stock drawdown	-	-	-	-
2005 Utilization	102	123	2 461	2 686
Food use	81	123	1 816	2 020
Non-food use	1	-	245	246
Exports or re-exports	-	1	380	381
Possible stock build up	20	-	20	40
2005 Import Requirement	90	50	141	281
Anticipated commercial imports	70	50	10	130
of which: received or contracted	1	26	-	27
Food aid needs	20	-	131	151
Current Aid Position
Food aid pledges	62	3	80	146
of which: delivered	-	3	63	66
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	54	54
of which: for local use	-	-	54	54
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	3	5	68	76
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2004 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice)	100	99	108	107
2005 Import requirement compared to average	167	116	193	165
Cereal share of total calorie intake				21
Additional Information
Major foodcrops	roots; tubers; plantains; pulses; maize; millet; sorghum
Lean season	April-May
Population (000s)	26 677
GNI per capita in 2003 (US$)	240

FAO/GIEWS - September 2005