Africa Report - No. 3 December 2004

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3 - December 2004 p.54

ï¿½ï¿½SWAZILAND

The FAO estimated 2004 cereal production of 64ï¿½000 tonnes is 12 percent below last yearï¿½s crop but about 30 percent below the average level. Domestic production normally meets little more than one third of the countryï¿½s total cereal requirements. Cereal import requirements for 2004/05 marketing year have increased to 132ï¿½000 tonnes, including 32ï¿½000 tonnes of food aid.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2004/05 MARKETING YEAR (May/April)
ï¿½	Wheat	Rice	Coarse Grains	Total Cereals
ï¿½	[	thousand tonnes		]
Previous year production (incl. paddy rice)	-	-	73	73
Previous five years average production (incl. paddy rice)	-	-	95	95
Previous year imports	46	12	66	124
Previous five years average imports	42	9	40	91
2004/05 Domestic Availability	6	-	64	70
2004 Production (incl. paddy rice)	-	-	64	64
2004 Production (incl. milled rice)	-	-	64	64
Possible stock drawdown	6	-	-	6
2004/05 Utilization	47	7	149	202
Food use	47	7	142	195
Non-food use	-	-	4	4
Exports or re-exports	-	-	-	-
Possible stock build up	-	-	3	3
2004/05 Import Requirement	41	7	84	132
Anticipated commercial imports	41	7	52	100
of which: received or contracted	20	-	18	38
Food aid needs	-	-	32	32
Current Aid Position	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
Food aid pledges	-	-	1	1
of which: delivered	-	-	1	1
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	1	1
of which: for local use	-	-	1	1
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	42	7	127	175
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2004 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice)	-	-	67	68
2004/05 Import requirement compared to average	96	79	211	145
Cereal share of total calorie intake	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	44
Additional Information	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
Major foodcrops	maize
Lean season	February-April
Population (000s)	1 117	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
GNI per capita in 2003 (US$)	1 350	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½

FAO/GIEWSï¿½-ï¿½December 2004