Africa Report - No. 1 April 2005

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.1 - April 2005 p.28

GABON

The main foodcrops are cassava and plantains. The only cereal crop grown is maize. In a normal year production reaches about 30ï¿½000 tonnes. Imports of cereals in 2005, mainly wheat and rice, are estimated at some 167ï¿½000 tonnes.

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)	-	-	31	31
Previous five years average production (incl. paddy rice)	-	-	29	29
Previous year imports	73	90	3	166
Previous five years average imports	65	70	3	138
2005 Domestic Availability	-	-	33	33
2004 Production (incl. paddy rice)	-	-	31	31
2004 Production (incl. milled rice)	-	-	31	31
Possible stock drawdown	-	-	2	2
2005 Utilization	74	90	36	200
Food use	73	55	28	156
Non-food use	1	35	8	44
Exports or re-exports	-	-	-	-
Possible stock build up	-	-	-	-
2005 Import Requirement	74	90	3	167
Anticipated commercial imports	74	90	3	167
of which: received or contracted	-	-	-	-
Food aid needs	-	-	-	-
Current Aid Position	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
Food aid pledges	-	-	-	-
of which: delivered	-	-	-	-
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	-	-
of which: for local use	-	-	-	-
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	54	41	20	115
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2004 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice)	-	-	107	107
2005 Import requirement compared to average	114	129	100	121
Cereal share of total calorie intake	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	26
Additional Information	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
Major foodcrops	roots; tubers
Lean season	September-November
Population (000s)	1 359	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
GNI per capita in 2003 (US$)	3 580	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½

FAO/GIEWSï¿½-ï¿½April 2005