Africa Report - No. 1 April 2005

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.1 - April 2005 p.33

KENYA

Domestic cereal availability in 2004/05 (October/September) is estimated at 2.49 million tonnes against total utilization requirements of 4.49 million tonnes. Thus, total cereal import requirement is estimated at 2 million tonnes, of which commercial imports are estimated at 1.55 million tonnes, leaving a food aid requirement of 450ï¿½000 tonnes. As of mid-March, food aid pledges amounted to 115ï¿½000 tonnes of which 82ï¿½000 tonnes had been delivered.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2004/05 MARKETING YEAR (October/September)
ï¿½	Wheat	Rice	Coarse Grains	Total Cereals
ï¿½	[	thousand tonnes		]
Previous year production (incl. paddy rice)	196	50	2 816	3 062
Previous five years average production (incl. paddy rice)	232	50	2 660	2 942
Previous year imports	430	210	619	1 259
Previous five years average imports	546	158	656	1 360
2004/05 Domestic Availability	197	29	2 264	2 490
2004 Production (incl. paddy rice)	197	45	2 264	2 506
2004 Production (incl. milled rice)	197	29	2 264	2 490
Possible stock drawdown	-	-	-	-
2004/05 Utilization	797	229	3 464	4 490
Food use	767	201	3 140	4 108
Non-food use	30	28	314	372
Exports or re-exports	-	-	-	-
Possible stock build up	-	-	10	10
2004/05 Import Requirement	600	200	1 200	2 000
Anticipated commercial imports	500	200	850	1 550
of which: received or contracted	175	45	158	378
Food aid needs	100	-	350	450
Current Aid Position	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
Food aid pledges	38	4	73	115
of which: delivered	15	4	63	82
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	60	60
of which: for local use	-	-	60	60
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	24	6	97	127
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2004 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice)	85	90	85	85
2004/05 Import requirement compared to average	110	127	183	147
Cereal share of total calorie intake	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	50
Additional Information	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
Major foodcrops	maize; wheat; pulses; roots; tubers
Lean season	June-July
Population (000s)	32 440	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
GNI per capita in 2003 (US$)	390	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½

FAO/GIEWSï¿½-ï¿½April 2005