Area:
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246 000 sq.km
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Climate:
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Tropical wet-dry; rainy season: March/June to October/November
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Population:
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7.18 million (2001 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$510 (1999)
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Specific characteristics of the country:
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Low-income food-deficit country; mountainous coastal country
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Logistics:
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Ports and roads inadequate
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Major foodcrops:
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Rice, roots and tubers, coarse grains
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Marketing year:
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January/December; Lean season: July-September
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Share of cereals in total calorie intake:
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52 percent
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Seasonably dry conditions prevail. Reflecting a good harvest in 2000 and a record crop in 1999, the overall food supply situation is satisfactory and markets are generally well supplied, except in the south-east where rebel incursions from Sierra Leone have severely affected agriculture and marketing activities. Humanitarian agencies have suspended their operations in the "Parrot Beak" area a strip of Guinean territory that juts into Sierra Leone near the Liberian border, where the military forces do not allow access. Consequently, more than 200 000 refugees, notably in the camps of Kolomba, Fangamadou and Mange, are out of reach.
More than 400 000 refugees from Liberia and Sierra Leone remain in the country, located mainly in Gueckédou, Forécariah and N'Zérékore areas. UNHCR created new refugee camps, notably in Albadaria and Boureya, to relocate refugees from Guékédou and the Parrot's Beak. Other camps are also planned in Dabola prefecture. A transit camp in Conakry is hosting more than 4 000 refugees who are registering for repatriation to Sierra Leone by boat.
| Wheat | Rice | Coarse grains | Total | |
| Previous five years average production | - | 721 | 207 | 928 |
| Previous five years average imports | 112 | 255 | 1 | 368 |
| 2001 Domestic Availability | - | 586 | 230 | 815 |
| 2000 Production (rice in paddy terms) | - | 871 | 230 | 1 100 |
| 2000 Production (rice in milled terms) | - | 581 | 230 | 810 |
| Possible stock drawdown | - | 5 | - | 5 |
| 2001 Utilization | 110 | 866 | 230 | 1 205 |
| Food Use | 107 | 725 | 184 | 1 016 |
| of which: local purchase requirement | - | - | - | - |
| Non-food use | 3 | 131 | 43 | 177 |
| Exports or Re-exports | - | 10 | - | 10 |
| Possible stock build up | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 Import Requirement | 110 | 280 | - | 390 |
| Anticipated commercial imports | 110 | 280 | - | 390 |
| Food aid needs | - | - | - | - |
| Current Aid Position | ||||
| Food aid pledges | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| of which: Delivered | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| Donor-financed purchases | - | - | - | - |
| of which: for local use | - | - | - | - |
| for export | - | - | - | - |
| Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/Year) | 14 | 97 | 25 | 136 |
| Indexes | ||||
| 2000 production as % of average: | 119 | |||
| 2001 import requirement as % of average: | 106 |
