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Area:
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111 000 sq.km
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Climate:
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Tropical wet-dry; two rainy seasons in south (Mar.-Jul. and Oct.) and one in north (May-Oct.)
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Population:
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5.74 million (2000 estimate); G.N.P. per caput US$ 380 (1998)
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Specific characteristics of the country:
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Low-income food-deficit country; coastal country
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Logistics:
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Ports, roads, rail adequate; gateway to Niger
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Major foodcrops:
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Roots and tubers, maize
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Marketing year:
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January/December; Lean season: April-June
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Share of cereals in total calorie intake:
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37 percent
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The first rains started in mid-March in the south, allowing planting of the first maize crop. Rains covered the entire country in late April. Rainfall was above average during the last dekad of May, benefiting planting and emergence of millet and sorghum crops in the north.
Rains decreased in early June but were abundant and widespread in late May and early June, providing good growing conditions for crops.
Following a well above-average cereal harvest in 1999, estimated at 927 000 tonnes (including paddy), the overall food supply situation is satisfactory. Cereal imports, for domestic use and re-exports, during the 2000 marketing year are estimated at 145 000 tonnes and food aid requirements at 10 000 tonnes.
| Wheat | Rice | Coarse grains | Total | |
| Previous five years average production | - | 19 | 718 | 737 |
| Previous five years average imports | 51 | 138 | 5 | 194 |
| 2000 Domestic Availability | - | 27 | 891 | 917 |
| 1999 Production (rice in paddy terms) | - | 37 | 891 | 927 |
| 1999 Production (rice in milled terms) | - | 22 | 891 | 912 |
| Possible stock drawdown | - | 5 | - | 5 |
| 2000 Utilization | 60 | 112 | 891 | 1 062 |
| Food Use | 49 | 81 | 572 | 701 |
| of which: local purchase requirement | - | - | - | - |
| Non-food use | 1 | 6 | 219 | 226 |
| Exports or Re-exports | 5 | 25 | 55 | 85 |
| Possible stock build up | 5 | - | 45 | 50 |
| 2000 Import Requirement | 60 | 85 | - | 145 1/ |
| Anticipated commercial imports | 55 | 80 | - | 135 |
| Food aid needs | 5 | 5 | - | 10 |
| Current Aid Position | ||||
| Food aid pledges | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| of which: Delivered | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Donor-financed purchases | - | - | - | - |
| of which: for local use | - | - | - | - |
| for export | - | - | - | - |
| Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/Year) | 9 | 14 | 100 | 122 |
| Indexes | ||||
| 2000 production as % of average: | 126 | |||
| 2000 import requirement as % of average: | 75 |
1/ Includes 25 000 tonnes of re-exports of rice and 5 000 tonnes of wheat.
