Area: | 246 000 sq.km |
Climate: | Tropical wet-dry; one rainy season: March/June to October/November |
Population: | 6.7 million (1995 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: U.S.$ 510 (1994) |
Specific characteristics of the country: | Low-income food-deficit country; mountainous coastal country |
Logistics: | Ports and roads inadequate |
Major foodcrops: | Rice, roots and tubers, coarse grains |
Marketing year: | January/December; Lean season: July-September |
Share of cereals in total calorie intake: | 52 percent |
CURRENT SITUATION
Wheat | Rice | Coarse grains | Total | |
Normal production | - | 423 | 250 | 673 |
Normal imports (incl. re-exports) | 100 | 190 | - | 290 |
of which: Structural food aid | 2 | 35 | - | 37 |
1996 Domestic availability | 10 | 470 | 242 | 722 |
1995 Production | - | 420 | 242 | 662 |
Possible stock drawdown | 10 | 50 | - | 60 |
1996 Utilization | 110 | 670 | 242 | 1 022 |
Food use | 107 | 540 | 203 | 850 |
Non-food use | 3 | 70 | 39 | 112 |
(Re)exports | - | 60 | - | 60 |
1996 Import Requirement | 100 | 200 | - | 300 |
Anticipated commercial imports | 98 | 160 | - | 258 |
Food aid needs | 2 | 40 1/ | - | 42 |
Current Aid Position | ||||
Food aid pledges | 3 | - | - | 3 |
of which: Delivered | - | - | - | - |
Estimated per caput consumption (kg/year) | 15 | 96 | 31 | 142 |
Indexes | ||||
1995 production as % of normal: | 98 | |||
1996 import requirement as % of normal: | 103 | |||
1996 food aid requirement as % of normal (including refugee needs): | 114 |
1/ Mostly for Liberian and Sierra Leonean refugees.
FAO/GIEWS - April 1996