FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2, June 2004

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2 - June 2004 p.18

CAPE VERDE

2003 production of maize – the only cereal grown – has been estimated at 15 800 tonnes. This is 78 percent above the drought-affected crop of the previous year but remains below average. However, also in a normal year, domestic production covers only one-fifth of the country’s cereal utilization requirement and the balance has to be imported. For the marketing year 2003/04 (November/October), imports of cereals are forecast at some 86 000 tonnes, including 39 000 tonnes of food aid.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2003/04 MARKETING YEAR (November/October)
	Wheat	Rice	Coarse Grains	Total Cereals
	[	thousand tonnes		]
Previous year production (incl. paddy rice)	-	-	9	9
Previous five years average production (incl. paddy rice)	-	-	19	19
Previous year imports	14	35	28	77
Previous five years average imports	20	32	32	84
2003/04 Domestic Availability	-	1	16	17
2003 Production (incl. paddy rice)	-	-	16	16
2003 Production (incl. milled rice)	-	-	16	16
Possible stock drawdown	-	1	-	1
2003/04 Utilization	19	33	51	103
Food use	19	33	48	100
Non-food use	-	-	2	2
Exports or re-exports	-	-	-	-
Possible stock build up	-	-	-	-
2003/04 Import Requirement	19	32	35	86
Anticipated commercial imports	7	25	15	47
of which: received or contracted	-	-	-	-
Food aid needs	12	7	20	39
Current Aid Position
Food aid pledges	10	4	35	49
of which: delivered	3	4	18	25
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	-	-
of which: for local use	-	-	-	-
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	41	70	104	215
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2003 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice)	-	-	83	83
2003/04 Import requirement compared to average	94	100	109	102
Cereal share of total calorie intake				50
Additional Information
Major foodcrops	maize; rice; pulses
Lean season	n.a since 90% of requirements covered by imports
Population (000s)	467
GNI per capita in 2002 (US$)	1 250

FAO/GIEWS - June 2004