FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report 05/97

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Table 7: Cereal Food Aid Pledges to Sub-Saharan Africa for 1996/97 or 1997 and Triangular Transactions/Local Purchases known to FAO as mid-April 1997 (in thousand tons).

Donor Wheat Rice Coarse grains Total cereals Of which: triangular transactions Local purchases
Australia 11.4 - 0.6 12.0 - -
Canada 27.1 - 2.5 29.6 - 6.9
China - 0.5 - 0.5 - -







EC 249.9 68.9 210.3 529.1 20.4 122.1
of which:





Community action 161.5 55.1 118.0 334.6 4.2 85.4
National action 88.4 13.8 92.3 194.5 16.2 36.7
Austria - - - 0.0 - 0.4
Belgium 5.0 - 10.1 15.1 2.0 6.4
France 59.5 - 53.9 113.4 8.5 12.0
Germany 12.2 4.3 17.5 34.0 - 12.7
Italy 3.7 8.9 0.1 12.7 - 2.0
Netherlands - 0.6 0.7 1.3 0.7 -
United Kingdom 8.0 - 10.0 18.0 5.0 3.2







Japan 3.2 67.6 - 70.8 - -







NGOs 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0
CCC - - 0.4 0.4 - -







Switzerland - - 5.0 5.0 - -
United States 223.2 60.8 87.9 371.9 - -
World Food Programme 190.1 25.0 314.8 529.9 51.9 78.7







TOTAL 704.9 222.8 621.5 1 549.2 72.3 207.7

Note: Totals computed from unrounded data


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