Africa Report - No. 3 December 2005

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3 - December 2005 p.38

MALAWI

The FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission estimated the 2005 cereal production at 1.35 million tonnes, 26 percent below last year’s near-normal level. Imports of cereals are estimated at 852 000 tonnes, of which maize accounts for 767 000 tonnes for 2005/06 marketing year. A significant amount of cross-border maize imports, particularly from Mozambique, are expected. Food aid of 472 000 tonnes is recommended, of which about 42 percent is pledged so far.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2005/06 MARKETING YEAR (April/March)
	Wheat	Rice	Coarse Grains	Total Cereals
	[	thousand tonnes		]
Previous year production (incl. paddy rice)	2	50	1 768	1 819
Previous five years average production (incl. paddy rice)	2	79	1 943	2 024
Previous year imports	58	20	184	262
Previous five years average imports	48	5	186	239
2005/06 Domestic Availability	2	27	1 334	1 363
2005 Production (incl. paddy rice)	2	41	1 307	1 351
2005 Production (incl. milled rice)	2	27	1 307	1 336
Possible stock drawdown	-	-	27	27
2005/06 Utilization	62	47	2 107	2 215
Food use	62	44	1 835	1 941
Non-food use	-	3	271	274
Exports or re-exports	-	-	-	-
Possible stock build up	-	-	-	-
2005/06 Import Requirement	60	20	772	852
Anticipated commercial imports	60	20	300	380
of which: received or contracted	-	2	88	90
Food aid needs	-	-	472	472
Current Aid Position
Food aid pledges	-	-	200	200
of which: delivered	-	-	19	19
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	20	20
of which: for local use	-	-	20	20
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	5	4	149	157
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2005 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice)	90	52	67	67
2005/06 Import requirement compared to average	125	400	415	357
Cereal share of total calorie intake				58
Additional Information
Major foodcrops	maize; pulses; roots; tubers; rice
Lean season	February-March
Population (000s)	12 341
GNI per capita in 2004 (US$)	170

FAO/GIEWS - December 2005