FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.1, April 2001 COTE D'IVOIRE 13

COTE D'IVOIRE

Area:

318 000 sq.km

Climate:

Tropical wet-dry; two rainy seasons (March-July and September-December) in south and one in north (May-Oct.)

Population:

15.1 million (2001 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$710 (1999)

Specific characteristics of the country:

Low-income food-deficit country; coastal country

Logistics:

Ports and roads adequate; gateway to Burkina Faso and Mali

Major foodcrops:

Roots and tubers, fruit, rice, maize

Marketing year:

January/December; Lean season: April to July

Share of cereals in total calorie intake:

40 percent

CURRENT SITUATION

Plantings of the first maize crop is underway in the south and progressing northwards with the arrival of the rains.

Following an above-average cereal harvest in 2000, the overall food supply situation is satisfactory. However, recent civil disturbances may have affected marketing activities, exacerbating an already deteriorating economic situation. The external debt has reached about US$1.5 billion, while GDP declined by about 2 percent in 2000. The fall in prices of cocoa, of which Côte d'Ivoire is the leading producer in the world, has been a major contributing factor. Some 86 000 Liberian refugees and 1 500 Sierra Leoneans remain in the west.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2001 MARKETING YEAR (in thousand tonnes)

Wheat Rice Coarse grains Total

Previous five years average production - 1 000 748 1 748

Previous five years average imports 272 467 13 752

2001 Domestic Availability 5 710 748 1 463

2000 Production (rice in paddy terms) - 1 100 748 1 848

2000 Production (rice in milled terms) - 660 748 1 408

Possible stock drawdown 5 50 - 55

2001 Utilization 275 1 210 756 2 241

Food Use 265 1 045 582 1 892

of which: local purchase requirement - - - -

Non-food use 5 165 164 334

Exports or Re-exports 5 - 10 15

Possible stock build up - - - -

2001 Import Requirement 270 500 8 778

Anticipated commercial imports 270 490 6 766

Food aid needs - 10 2 12

Current Aid Position

Food aid pledges - 4 - 4

of which: Delivered - 4 - 4

Donor-financed purchases - - 1 1

of which: for local use - - - -

for export - - 1 1

Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/Year) 18 69 39 126

Indexes

2000 production as % of average: 106

2001 import requirement as % of average: 103

FAO/GIEWS - April 2001

Area:	318 000 sq.km
Climate:	Tropical wet-dry; two rainy seasons (March-July and September-December) in south and one in north (May-Oct.)
Population:	15.1 million (2001 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$710 (1999)
Specific characteristics of the country:	Low-income food-deficit country; coastal country
Logistics:	Ports and roads adequate; gateway to Burkina Faso and Mali
Major foodcrops:	Roots and tubers, fruit, rice, maize
Marketing year:	January/December; Lean season: April to July
Share of cereals in total calorie intake:	40 percent

	Wheat	Rice	Coarse grains	Total
Previous five years average production	-	1 000	748	1 748
Previous five years average imports	272	467	13	752
2001 Domestic Availability	5	710	748	1 463
2000 Production (rice in paddy terms)	-	1 100	748	1 848
2000 Production (rice in milled terms)	-	660	748	1 408
Possible stock drawdown	5	50	-	55
2001 Utilization	275	1 210	756	2 241
Food Use	265	1 045	582	1 892
of which: local purchase requirement	-	-	-	-
Non-food use	5	165	164	334
Exports or Re-exports	5	-	10	15
Possible stock build up	-	-	-	-
2001 Import Requirement	270	500	8	778
Anticipated commercial imports	270	490	6	766
Food aid needs	-	10	2	12
Current Aid Position
Food aid pledges	-	4	-	4
of which: Delivered	-	4	-	4
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	1	1
of which: for local use	-	-	-	-
for export	-	-	1	1
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/Year)	18	69	39	126
Indexes
2000 production as % of average:				106
2001 import requirement as % of average:				103