FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.1, April 2000 RWANDA 35

RWANDA

Area:

25 000 sq.km

Climate:

Highland rainy climate with moderate temperature (20⁰C); two rainy seasons: February-May and September-November

Population:

8.11 million (1999 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$ 230 (1998)

Specific characteristics of the country:

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

Logistics:

Ports: Mombasa (Kenya) and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania); roads and railway inadequate

Major foodcrops:

Roots, tubers, pulses, plantains, sorghum, maize

Marketing year:

January/December; Lean season: November-December

Share of cereals in total calorie intake:

25 percent

CURRENT SITUATION

The output of the recently harvested 2000 A season was good despite severe crop losses due to dry weather in eastern and southern parts. Aggregate food production is estimated at 2.8 million tonnes, a rise of 20 percent from the previous year. A substantial increase in area planted compared to the 1999 A season, as well as overall favourable rains, contributed to an increase in production. However, a prolonged dry spell during the month of October, severely damaged cereal and beans crops in the Eastern and Southern provinces.
As a result of the satisfactory food production and increased flow of commercial imports, there has been an improvement in the overall food supply situation and a decline in food aid requirements for the first half of the year. However, the food situation remains critical for vulnerable people in several areas. A recent nutritional survey carried out in the Northwest province of Ruhengeri last December, indicate a chronic malnutrition rate of 56 percent and a severe malnutrition rate of 2.5 percent.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2000 MARKETING YEAR (in thousand tonnes)

Wheat Rice Coarse grains Total

Normal Production 10 9 276 295

Normal Imports 10 6 3 19

of which: Structural food aid 3 1 3 7

2000 Domestic Availability 4 5 221 230

2000 Production (rice in paddy terms) 4 8 211 223

2000 Production (rice in milled terms) 4 5 211 220

Possible stock drawdown - - 10 10

2000 Utilization 19 15 406 440

Food Use 15 14 385 414

of which: local purchase requirement - - - -

Non-food use - 1 21 22

Exports or Re-exports - - - -

Possible stock build up 4 - - 4

2000 Import Requirement 15 10 185 210

Anticipated commercial imports - - 60 60

Food aid needs 15 10 125 150

Current Aid Position

Food aid pledges 6 - 3 9

of which: Delivered - - 3 3

Donor-financed purchases - - - -

of which: for local use - - - -

for export - - - -

Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year) 2 2 46 50

Indexes

2000 production as % of normal: 76

2000 import requirement as % of normal: 1 105

2000 food aid requirement as % of normal: 2 143

FAO/GIEWS - April 2000

Area:	25 000 sq.km
Climate:	Highland rainy climate with moderate temperature (20⁰C); two rainy seasons: February-May and September-November
Population:	8.11 million (1999 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$ 230 (1998)
Specific characteristics of the country:	Low-income food-deficit country; land-locked country
Logistics:	Ports: Mombasa (Kenya) and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania); roads and railway inadequate
Major foodcrops:	Roots, tubers, pulses, plantains, sorghum, maize
Marketing year:	January/December; Lean season: November-December
Share of cereals in total calorie intake:	25 percent

	Wheat	Rice	Coarse grains	Total
Normal Production	10	9	276	295
Normal Imports	10	6	3	19
of which: Structural food aid	3	1	3	7
2000 Domestic Availability	4	5	221	230
2000 Production (rice in paddy terms)	4	8	211	223
2000 Production (rice in milled terms)	4	5	211	220
Possible stock drawdown	-	-	10	10
2000 Utilization	19	15	406	440
Food Use	15	14	385	414
of which: local purchase requirement	-	-	-	-
Non-food use	-	1	21	22
Exports or Re-exports	-	-	-	-
Possible stock build up	4	-	-	4
2000 Import Requirement	15	10	185	210
Anticipated commercial imports	-	-	60	60
Food aid needs	15	10	125	150
Current Aid Position
Food aid pledges	6	-	3	9
of which: Delivered	-	-	3	3
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	-	-
of which: for local use	-	-	-	-
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	2	2	46	50
Indexes
2000 production as % of normal:				76
2000 import requirement as % of normal:				1 105
2000 food aid requirement as % of normal:				2 143