FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2, August 1999 BURUNDI 5

BURUNDI

Area:

25 700 sq.km

Climate:

Highland rainy climate with moderate temperature (20⁰C); two rainy seasons: Feb.-May and Sept.-Nov.

Population:

6.47 million (1999 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$ 180 (1997)

Specific characteristics of the country:

Low-income food-deficit country; land-locked country

Logistics:

Ports: Mombasa (Kenya) and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania); rail and road connections inadequate

Major foodcrops:

Pulses, plantains, roots, tubers, maize and sorghum

Marketing year:

January/December; Lean season: November-December

Share of cereals in total calorie intake:

34 percent

CURRENT SITUATION

Harvest of 1999 second (B) season foodcrops is well advanced. Prospects are unfavourable as rains started one month late and ceased earlier than normal. Beans in highland areas were particularly affected. Frosts in March and armyworms in parts, particularly in the north, also negatively affected maize yields.

As a result, production is anticipated to decline compared to last year's B season. Preliminary estimates indicate a decline of 10 percent in cereal production and of 22 percent in that of pulses. Since most of the annual cereal and beans production is obtained in this season, the supply of grains is anticipated to be tight in the second half of the year. The 1999 A season crops, harvested earlier, was also reduced by dry weather.

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

Wheat Rice Coarse grains Total

Normal Production 7 41 253 301

Normal Imports 20 2 7 29

of which: Structural food aid - - - -

1999 Domestic Availability 10 38 233 281

1999 Production (rice in paddy terms) 10 50 233 293

1999 Production (rice in milled terms) 10 33 233 276

Possible stock drawdown - 5 - 5

1999 Utilization 35 43 273 351

Food Use 35 41 244 320

of which: local purchase requirement - - - -

Non-food use - 2 24 26

Exports or Re-exports - 0 - 0

Possible stock build up - - 5 5

1999 Import Requirement 25 5 40 70

Anticipated commercial imports 10 5 5 20

Food aid needs 15 - 35 50

Current Aid Position

Food aid pledges - 1 - 1

Of which: Delivered - 1 - 1

Donor-financed purchases - - - -

Of which: for local use - - - -

for export - - - -

Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/Year) 5 6 38 50

Indexes

1999 production as % of normal: 97

1999 import requirement as % of normal: 241

1999 food aid requirement as % of normal: -

FAO/GIEWS - August 1999

Area:	25 700 sq.km
Climate:	Highland rainy climate with moderate temperature (20⁰C); two rainy seasons: Feb.-May and Sept.-Nov.
Population:	6.47 million (1999 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$ 180 (1997)
Specific characteristics of the country:	Low-income food-deficit country; land-locked country
Logistics:	Ports: Mombasa (Kenya) and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania); rail and road connections inadequate
Major foodcrops:	Pulses, plantains, roots, tubers, maize and sorghum
Marketing year:	January/December; Lean season: November-December
Share of cereals in total calorie intake:	34 percent

	Wheat	Rice	Coarse grains	Total
Normal Production	7	41	253	301
Normal Imports	20	2	7	29
of which: Structural food aid	-	-	-	-
1999 Domestic Availability	10	38	233	281
1999 Production (rice in paddy terms)	10	50	233	293
1999 Production (rice in milled terms)	10	33	233	276
Possible stock drawdown	-	5	-	5
1999 Utilization	35	43	273	351
Food Use	35	41	244	320
of which: local purchase requirement	-	-	-	-
Non-food use	-	2	24	26
Exports or Re-exports	-	0	-	0
Possible stock build up	-	-	5	5
1999 Import Requirement	25	5	40	70
Anticipated commercial imports	10	5	5	20
Food aid needs	15	-	35	50
Current Aid Position
Food aid pledges	-	1	-	1
Of which: Delivered	-	1	-	1
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	-	-
Of which: for local use	-	-	-	-
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/Year)	5	6	38	50
Indexes
1999 production as % of normal:				97
1999 import requirement as % of normal:				241
1999 food aid requirement as % of normal:				-