Area: | 886 000 sq.km |
Climate: | Tropical wet-dry climate with two rainy seasons in north (March-May and November -December) and one in south (November-April) |
Population: | 28.85 million (1995 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: U.S.$ 110 (1992) |
Specific characteristics of the country: | Low-income food-deficit country; cereal surplus production in the south and south-west; cereal deficit in the north-west. Distribution difficulties |
Logistics: | Serious shortage of rolling stock, fuel and spare parts |
Major foodcrops: | Maize, roots, tubers, sorghum, pulses, plantains, rice |
Marketing year: | June/May; Lean season: February-April |
Share of cereals in total calorie intake: | 60 percent |
CURRENT SITUATION
Wheat | Rice | Coarse grains | Total | |
Normal production | 85 | 405 | 3 230 | 3 720 |
Normal imports (incl. re-exports) | 60 | 25 | - | 85 |
of which: Structural food aid | 15 | 15 | - | 30 |
1995/96 Domestic availability | 75 | 473 | 3 817 | 4 365 |
1995 Production | 55 | 470 | 3 817 | 4 342 |
Possible stock drawdown | 20 | 3 | - | 23 |
1995/96 Utilization | 120 | 473 | 3 817 | 4 410 |
Food use | 116 | 440 | 2 892 | 3 448 |
Non-food use | 4 | 27 | 687 | 718 |
of which: local purchase requirement | - | - | (25) | (25) |
Possible stock build-up | - | - | 138 | 138 |
Exports | - | 6 | 100 | 106 |
1995/96 Import Requirement | 45 | - | - | 45 |
Anticipated commercial imports | 45 | - | - | 45 |
Food aid needs | - | - | - | - |
Current Aid Position | ||||
Food aid pledges | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
of which: Delivered | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Donor-financed purchases | - | - | 59 | 59 |
of which: for local purchases | - | - | 19 | 19 |
for export | - | - | 40 | 40 |
Estimated per caput consumption (kg/year) | 4 | 16 | 98 | 118 |
Indexes | ||||
1995 production as % of normal: | 117 | |||
1995/96 import requirement as % of normal: | 53 | |||
1995/96 food aid requirement as % of normal (including refugee needs): | - |