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Area: |
246 000 sq.km |
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Climate: |
Tropical wet-dry; one rainy season: March/June to October/November |
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Population: |
6.9 million (1996 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: U.S.$ 510 (1993) |
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Specific characteristics of the country: |
Low-income food-deficit country; mountainous coastal country |
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Logistics: |
Ports and roads inadequate |
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Major foodcrops: |
Rice, roots and tubers, coarse grains |
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Marketing year: |
January/December; Lean season: July-September |
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Share of cereals in total calorie intake: |
52 percent |
CURRENT SITUATION
Seasonably dry conditions prevail. As a result of below normal but widespread rainfall during the growing season and scarcity of fertilizers, the first estimates for 1996 cereal output point to 900 000 tons (including paddy rice), which is about average.
Markets are well supplied following the harvest of the main foodcrops. The cereal import requirement for 1997 is anticipated to be around 360 000 tons of wheat and rice. By mid-December, it was estimated that about 650 000 Liberian and Sierra Leonean refugees were in Guinea. With the ongoing peace process in Liberia and Sierra Leone, refugees are likely to begin returning. The caseload of refugees targeted for food aid distribution from January 1997 amounts at 293 000 Liberians and 173 000 Sierra-Leoneans.
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Wheat |
Rice |
Coarse grains |
Total |
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Normal Production (rice in paddy terms) |
- |
700 |
215 |
915 |
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Normal Imports |
105 |
230 |
2 |
337 |
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of which: Structural food aid |
1 |
10 |
2 |
13 |
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1997 Domestic Availability |
5 |
457 |
227 |
689 |
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1996 Production (rice in paddy terms) |
- |
678 |
222 |
900 |
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1996 Production (rice in milled terms) |
- |
452 |
222 |
674 |
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Possible stock drawdown |
5 |
5 |
5 |
15 |
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1997 Utilization |
115 |
702 |
232 |
1 049 |
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Food Use |
112 |
562 |
192 |
866 |
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of which: local purchase requirement |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Non-food use |
3 |
140 |
40 |
183 |
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Exports or Re-exports |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Possible stock build up |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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1997 Import Requirement |
110 |
245 |
5 |
360 |
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Anticipated commercial imports |
105 |
235 |
- |
340 |
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Food aid needs |
5 |
10 |
5 |
20 |
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Current Aid Position | ||||
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Food aid pledges |
3 |
- |
- |
3 |
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of which: Delivered |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/Year) |
16 |
82 |
28 |
126 |
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Indexes | ||||
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1996 production as % of normal: |
98 |
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1997 import requirement as % of normal: |
107 |
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1997 food aid requirement as % of normal: |
154 |