Africa Report - No. 1 April 2005

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.1 - April 2005 p.26

ERITREA

Domestic cereal availability in the 2005 marketing year (January/December) is estimated at 145ï¿½000 tonnes against total utilization requirements of 567 000 tonnes. Cereal import requirement is thus estimated at 422ï¿½000 tonnes. With commercial imports estimated at 80ï¿½000 tonnes, food aid needs are estimated at 342ï¿½000 tonnes. As of mid-March, the amount of food aid pledged stood at 104ï¿½000 tonnes of which 3ï¿½000 have been delivered.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2005 MARKETING YEAR (January/December)
ï¿½	Wheat	Rice	Coarse Grains	Total Cereals
ï¿½	[	thousand tonnes		]
Previous year production (incl. paddy rice)	3	-	102	105
Previous five years average production (incl. paddy rice)	15	-	152	167
Previous year imports	311	11	63	384
Previous five years average imports	295	9	54	358
2005 Domestic Availability	65	-	80	145
2004 Production (incl. paddy rice)	5	-	80	85
2004 Production (incl. milled rice)	5	-	80	85
Possible stock drawdown	60	-	-	60
2005 Utilization	315	11	241	567
Food use	315	11	187	513
Non-food use	-	-	33	33
Exports or re-exports	-	-	-	-
Possible stock build up	-	-	21	21
2005 Import Requirement	250	11	161	422
Anticipated commercial imports	30	11	39	80
of which: received or contracted	-	-	-	-
Food aid needs	220	-	122	342
Current Aid Position	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
Food aid pledges	51	-	53	104
of which: delivered	2	-	1	3
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	-	-
of which: for local use	-	-	-	-
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	87	3	52	142
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2004 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice)	33	-	53	51
2005 Import requirement compared to average	85	122	298	118
Cereal share of total calorie intake	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	79
Additional Information	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
Major foodcrops	sorghum; teff; millet; maize; pulses
Lean season	August-November
Population (000s)	3 622	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
GNI per capita in 2003 (US$)	190	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½

FAO/GIEWSï¿½-ï¿½April 2005