Africa report 05/96 Individual countries

UGANDA

Area:	200 000 sq.km
Climate:	North-east is semi-arid, rest of the country is tropical wet-dry; main rainy period is March-October
Population:	20.62 million (1995 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: U.S.$ 190 (1993)
Specific characteristics of the country:	-
Logistics:	Ports: Mombasa (Kenya) and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania); roads and railways inadequate
Major foodcrops:	Roots, tubers, plantains, pulses, maize, millet, sorghum
Marketing year:	January/December; Lean season: April-May
Share of cereals in total calorie intake:	35 percent

CURRENT SITUATION

The output of the recently harvested 1996 secondary season cereal crop was good, following normal to above-normal rainfall during the growing season. The rainfall also benefited land preparation for planting the 1996 main season crop, currently underway. Early prospects are favourable. Aggregate cereal output in 1996 is forecast at 2 million tons, similar to last year's record.As a result of increasing production in the last four years, the overall food supply situation remains satisfactory and the country has become an important exporter of maize in the region.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 1996 MARKETING YEAR (in thousand tons)

	Wheat	Rice	Coarse grains	Total
Normal production	9	44	1 695	1 748
Normal imports	18	-	10	28
of which: Structural food aid	15	-	10	25
1996 Domestic availability	9	55	1 999	2 063
1995 Production	9	55	1 984	2 048
Possible stock drawdown	-	-	15	15
1996 Utilization	24	61	2 019	2 104
Food use	23	61	1 372	1 456
of which: local purchase requirement	-	-	(1)	(1)
Non-food use	1	-	367	368
Exports	-	-	280	280
1996 Import Requirement	15	6	20	41
Anticipated commercial imports	13	6	-	19
Food aid needs	2	-	20	22
Current Aid Position
Food aid pledges	-	1	10	11
of which: Delivered	-	-	6	6
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	3	3
of which: for local purchases	-	-	1	1
for export	-	-	2	2
Estimated per caput consumption (kg/year)	1	3	63	67
Indexes
1995 production as % of normal:				117
1996 import requirement as % of normal:				146
1996 food aid requirement as % of normal (including refugee needs):				88

FAO/GIEWS - April 1996