FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2, August 1999 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 15

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

Area:

28 000 sq.km

Climate:

Tropical wet climate

Population:

433 000 (1999 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$ 380 (1995)

Specific characteristics of the country:

Low-income food-deficit country; coastal country

Logistics:

Ports and roads inadequate

Major foodcrops:

Cassava, sweet potatoes, bananas

Marketing year:

January/December; Lean season: September-November

Share of cereals in total calorie intake:

12 percent

CURRENT SITUATION

In addition to staples like sweet potatoes, cassava and plantains, the annual cereal import requirement is some 10 000 tonnes. Food aid requirement in 1999 (January/December) is estimated at 1 000 tonnes of wheat.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 1999 MARKETING YEAR (in thousand tonnes)

Wheat Rice Coarse grains Total

Normal Production - - - -

Normal Imports 4 5 - 9

of which: Structural food aid 1 - - 1

1999 Domestic Availability - - - -

1998 Production (rice in paddy terms) - - - -

1998 Production (rice in milled terms) - - - -

Possible stock drawdown - - - -

1999 Utilization 4 5 - 9

Food Use 4 5 - 9

of which: local purchase requirement - - - -

Non-food use - - - -

Exports or Re-exports - - - -

Possible stock build up - - - -

1999 Import Requirement 4 5 - 9

Anticipated commercial imports 3 5 - 8

Food aid needs 1 - - 1

Current Aid Position

Food aid pledges - - - -

of which: Delivered - - - -

Donor-financed purchases - - - -

of which: for local use - - - -

for export - - - -

Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/Year) 9 12 - 21

Indexes

1998 production as % of normal: -

1999 import requirement as % of normal: 100

1999 food aid requirement as % of normal: 100

FAO/GIEWS - August 1999

Area:	28 000 sq.km
Climate:	Tropical wet climate
Population:	433 000 (1999 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$ 380 (1995)
Specific characteristics of the country:	Low-income food-deficit country; coastal country
Logistics:	Ports and roads inadequate
Major foodcrops:	Cassava, sweet potatoes, bananas
Marketing year:	January/December; Lean season: September-November
Share of cereals in total calorie intake:	12 percent

	Wheat	Rice	Coarse grains	Total
Normal Production	-	-	-	-
Normal Imports	4	5	-	9
of which: Structural food aid	1	-	-	1
1999 Domestic Availability	-	-	-	-
1998 Production (rice in paddy terms)	-	-	-	-
1998 Production (rice in milled terms)	-	-	-	-
Possible stock drawdown	-	-	-	-
1999 Utilization	4	5	-	9
Food Use	4	5	-	9
of which: local purchase requirement	-	-	-	-
Non-food use	-	-	-	-
Exports or Re-exports	-	-	-	-
Possible stock build up	-	-	-	-
1999 Import Requirement	4	5	-	9
Anticipated commercial imports	3	5	-	8
Food aid needs	1	-	-	1
Current Aid Position
Food aid pledges	-	-	-	-
of which: Delivered	-	-	-	-
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	-	-
of which: for local use	-	-	-	-
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/Year)	9	12	-	21
Indexes
1998 production as % of normal:				-
1999 import requirement as % of normal:				100
1999 food aid requirement as % of normal:				100