FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3 - December 2005 p.40
A recent CILSS/Government Crop Assessment Mission provisionally estimated 2005 cereal production at 203 000 tonnes, some 77 percent above last year desert locust ravaged crop and about 43 percent more than the average of the previous five years. Total imports of cereal in the marketing year ending in October 2006 are forecast to be around 358 000 tonnes, including re-exports of wheat. Commercial cereal imports are estimated at about 317 000 tonnes.
| CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2005/06 MARKETING YEAR (November/October) | ||||
| Wheat | Rice | Coarse Grains | Total Cereals | |
| [ | thousand tonnes | ] | ||
| Previous year production (incl. paddy rice) | 1 | 86 | 29 | 115 |
| Previous five years average production (incl. paddy rice) | - | 77 | 65 | 142 |
| Previous year imports | 403 | 63 | 16 | 482 1/ |
| Previous five years average imports | 328 | 40 | 15 | 383 |
| 2005/06 Domestic Availability | 25 | 69 | 107 | 201 |
| 2005 Production (incl. paddy rice) | - | 96 | 107 | 203 |
| 2005 Production (incl. milled rice) | - | 64 | 107 | 171 |
| Possible stock drawdown | 25 | 5 | - | 30 |
| 2005/06 Utilization | 344 | 105 | 110 | 559 |
| Food use | 254 | 94 | 88 | 435 |
| Non-food use | 50 | 10 | 17 | 76 |
| Exports or re-exports | 40 | 2 | 1 | 43 |
| Possible stock build up | - | - | 4 | 4 |
| 2005/06 Import Requirement | 319 | 36 | 2 | 358 2/ |
| Anticipated commercial imports | 294 | 22 | - | 317 |
| of which: received or contracted | - | - | - | - |
| Food aid needs | 25 | 14 | 2 | 41 |
| Current Aid Position | ||||
| Food aid pledges | 24 | 14 | 3 | 41 |
| of which: delivered | 3 | - | 1 | 4 |
| Donor-financed purchases | - | - | - | - |
| of which: for local use | - | - | - | - |
| for export | - | - | - | - |
| Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year) | 80 | 30 | 28 | 138 |
| Indexes | [ | percentage | ] | |
| 2005 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice) | - | 124 | 165 | 143 |
| 2005/06 Import requirement compared to average | 97 | 91 | 15 | 93 |
| Cereal share of total calorie intake | 54 | |||
| Additional Information | ||||
| Major foodcrops | wheat; rice; millet; sorghum | |||
| Lean season | July-September | |||
| Population (000s) | 3 161 | |||
| GNI per capita in 2004 (US$) | 420 | |||