FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.1, May 2003

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.1 - May 2003 p.21

ERITREA

Domestic cereal availability in 2003 marketing year (January/December) is estimated at 66 000 tonnes against total utilization requirements of 506 000 tonnes. Cereal import requirement is thus estimated at 440 000 tonnes. With commercial imports anticipated at 80 000 tonnes, food aid needs are estimated at 360 000 tonnes. As of end April, the amount of food aid pledged stood at 43 000 tonnes of which 36 000 tonnes had been delivered.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2003 MARKETING YEAR (January/December)
	Wheat	Rice	Coarse Grains	Total Cereals
	[	thousand tonnes		]
Previous year production	25	-	205	230
Previous five years average production	17	-	227	244
Previous year imports	150	15	43	208
Previous five years average imports	184	8	61	253
2003 Domestic Availability	10	-	56	66
2002 Production (rice in paddy terms)	10	-	44	54
2002 Production (rice in milled terms)	10	-	44	54
Possible stock drawdown	-	-	12	12
2003 Utilization	205	15	286	506
Food use	195	15	274	484
Non-food use	10	-	12	22
Exports or re-exports	-	-	-	-
Possible stock build up	-	-	-	-
2003 Import Requirement	195	15	230	440
Anticipated commercial imports	35	15	30	80
of which: received or contracted	-	-	-	-
Food aid needs	160	-	200	360
Current Aid Position
Food aid pledges	41	-	2	43
of which: delivered	33	-	2	36
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	-	-
of which: for local use	-	-	-	-
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	57	4	80	141
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2002 Prod. compared to average (rice paddy terms):	59	-	19	22
2003 Import requirement compared to average:	106	188	377	174
Cereal share of total calorie intake:				79
Additional Information
Major foodcrops:	sorghum; teff; millet; maize; pulses
Lean season:	August-November
Population (000s):	3 440
GNP per capita in 2001 (US$):	190

FAO/GIEWS - May 2003