FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2 - June 2004 p.58
Zambia’s total cereal production in 2004 has been estimated at 1.56 million tonnes. This is about 15 percent higher than the above-average level of 2003. As a result, the country is expected to have exportable surplus of 250 000 tonnes of maize in the 2004/05 marketing year. Cereal import requirements are limited to reduced quantities of wheat and rice in which the country has a structural deficit but are met through commercial imports.
| CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2004/05 MARKETING YEAR (May/April) | ||||
| Wheat | Rice | Coarse Grains | Total Cereals | |
| [ | thousand tonnes | ] | ||
| Previous year production (incl. paddy rice) | 136 | 11 | 1 214 | 1 360 |
| Previous five years average production (incl. paddy rice) | 93 | 13 | 1 013 | 1 119 |
| Previous year imports | 43 | 23 | 61 | 127 |
| Previous five years average imports | 45 | 21 | 192 | 258 |
| 2004/05 Domestic Availability | 92 | 8 | 1 470 | 1 570 |
| 2004 Production (rice in paddy terms) | 82 | 12 | 1 470 | 1 564 |
| 2004 Production (rice in milled terms) | 82 | 8 | 1 470 | 1 560 |
| Possible stock drawdown | 10 | - | - | 10 |
| 2004/05 Utilization | 132 | 22 | 1 470 | 1 624 |
| Food use | 128 | 21 | 954 | 1 103 |
| Non-food use | 4 | - | 246 | 250 |
| Exports or re-exports | - | - | 250 | 250 |
| Possible stock build up | - | 1 | 20 | 21 |
| 2004/05 Import Requirement | 40 | 14 | - | 54 |
| Anticipated commercial imports | 30 | 14 | - | 44 |
| of which: received or contracted | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Food aid needs | 10 | - | - | 10 |
| Current Aid Position | ||||
| Food aid pledges | - | - | - | - |
| of which: delivered | - | - | - | - |
| Donor-financed purchases | - | - | 6 | 6 |
| of which: for local use | - | - | 6 | 6 |
| for export | - | - | - | - |
| Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year) | 12 | 2 | 88 | 102 |
| Indexes | [ | Percentage | ] | |
| 2004 production compared to average (incl. paddy rice) | 88 | 92 | 145 | 140 |
| 2004/05 Import requirement compared to average | 89 | 67 | - | 21 |
| Cereal share of total calorie intake | 65 | |||
| Additional Information | ||||
| Major foodcrops | maize; roots; tubers | |||
| Lean season | March-May | |||
| Population (000s) | 10 832 | |||
| GNI per capita in 2002 (US$) | 340 | |||