FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3 - December 2003 p.30
The joint FAO/CILSS Crop Assessment Mission, which visited the country in late October, provisionally estimated cereal production this year at a record 208 000 tonnes, an increase of 43 percent compared to last year’s poor crop and above the average of 157 000 tonnes harvested in the previous five years. In spite of this good crop, cereal import requirements for marketing year 2003/04 (November/October) are estimated at some 142 000 tonnes, reflecting consumers’ preference for imported rice.
| CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2003/04 MARKETING YEAR (November/October) | ||||
| Wheat | Rice | Coarse Grains | Total Cereals | |
| [ | thousand tonnes | ] | ||
| Previous year production (incl. paddy rice) | - | 20 | 125 | 145 |
| Previous five years average production (incl. paddy rice) | - | 30 | 127 | 157 |
| Previous year imports | 36 | 118 | 3 | 157 |
| Previous five years average imports | 46 | 95 | 2 | 143 |
| 2003/04 Domestic Availability | - | 25 | 185 | 210 |
| 2003 Production (incl. paddy rice) | - | 22 | 185 | 208 |
| 2003 Production (incl. milled rice) | - | 15 | 185 | 200 |
| Possible stock drawdown | - | 10 | - | 10 |
| 2003/04 Utilization | 40 | 127 | 185 | 352 |
| Food use | 24 | 103 | 140 | 266 |
| Non-food use | 1 | 4 | 34 | 39 |
| Exports or re-exports | 15 | 20 | - | 35 |
| Possible stock build up | - | - | 12 | 12 |
| 2003/04 Import Requirement | 40 | 102 | - | 142 |
| Anticipated commercial imports | 40 | 100 | - | 140 |
| of which: received or contracted | - | - | - | - |
| Food aid needs | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Current Aid Position | ||||
| Food aid pledges | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| of which: delivered | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Donor-financed purchases | - | - | - | - |
| of which: for local use | - | - | - | - |
| for export | - | - | - | - |
| Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year) | 16 | 70 | 95 | 181 |
| Indexes | [ | percentage | ] | |
| 2003 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice) | - | 75 | 146 | 132 |
| 2003/04 Import requirement compared to average | 87 | 108 | 8 | 100 |
| Cereal share of total calorie intake | 55 | |||
| Additional Information | ||||
| Major foodcrops | rice; millet; sorghum | |||
| Lean season | July-September | |||
| Population (000s) | 1 471 | |||
| GNP per capita in 2002 (US$) | 280 | |||