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Area: |
54 000 sq.km |
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Climate: |
Tropical wet-dry; two rainy seasons in south (March-June and October) and one in |
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north |
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Population: |
4.27 million (1996 estimate) G.N.P. per caput: U.S.$ 330 (1993) |
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Specific characteristics of the country: |
Low-income food-deficit country; coastal country |
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Logistics: |
Ports and roads adequate; gateway to Burkina Faso and Niger |
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Major foodcrops: |
Roots and tubers, coarse grains, fruit |
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Marketing year: |
January/December; Lean season: April-July |
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Share of cereals in total calorie intake: |
40 percent |
CURRENT SITUATION
Rains stopped in November, marking the end of the rainy season. The harvest of the second maize crop is drawing to an end. Following abundant although irregular rainfall, the cereal output for 1996 is estimated at 500 000 tons, which is close to 1995 level and to average. The roots and tubers production is estimated at about 980 000 tons and pulses at 56 000 tons, which is about 10% higher than last year.
Markets are well supplied with the marketing of the main foodcrops. About 10 000 refugees from Ghana remain in Togo but their number has significantly reduced in 1996 following repatriation which has been encouraged by a shift in humanitarian aid policy from relief to rehabilitation (provision of seeds and money) and a reduction of food aid distributions.
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Wheat |
Rice |
Coarse grains |
Total |
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Normal Production (rice in paddy terms) |
- |
32 |
460 |
492 |
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Normal Imports |
50 |
30 |
25 |
105 |
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of which: Structural food aid |
5 |
- |
- |
5 |
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1997 Domestic Availability |
- |
45 |
463 |
508 |
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1996 Production (rice in paddy terms) |
- |
39 |
463 |
502 |
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1996 Production (rice in milled terms) |
- |
27 |
463 |
490 |
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Possible stock drawdown |
- |
18 |
- |
18 |
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1997 Utilization |
50 |
75 |
488 |
613 |
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Food Use |
46 |
54 |
393 |
493 |
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of which: local purchase requirement |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Non-food use |
2 |
6 |
85 |
93 |
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Exports or Re-exports |
2 |
15 |
10 |
27 |
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Possible stock build up |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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1997 Import Requirement |
50 1/ |
30 2/ |
25 |
105 |
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Anticipated commercial imports |
45 |
30 |
25 |
100 |
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Food aid needs |
5 |
- |
- |
5 |
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Current Aid Position | ||||
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Food aid pledges |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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of which: Delivered |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/Year) |
11 |
12 |
92 |
115 |
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Indexes | ||||
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1996 production as % of normal: |
102 |
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1997 import requirement as % of normal: |
100 |
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1997 food aid requirement as % of normal: |
100 |