Area:
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17 000 sq.km
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Climate:
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Highland rainy climate. One rainy season (October-April); cool temperatures in May- September
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Population:
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0.936 million (1998 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$ 1 170 (1995)
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Specific characteristics of the country:
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Low-income food-deficit country; land-locked country
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Logistics:
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Good road network; imports through Mozambique or South Africa
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Major foodcrops:
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Maize
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Marketing year:
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May/April; Lean season: February-April
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Share of cereals in total calorie intake:
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55 percent
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Conditions for crops, now at the flowering stage, have been favourable so far. The 1998/99 growing season started early with light to moderate rains falling over most of the country in October. Rainfall in November and December was abundant and cumulative levels by January ranged from normal to above normal in most areas.
The food supply situation is expected to remain satisfactory until the end of the 1998/99 marketing year in April, due to adequate domestic availability of cereals and planned commercial imports, mainly wheat and rice.
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Wheat
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Rice
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Coarse grains
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Total
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Normal Production
|
1
|
3
|
116
|
120
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Normal Imports
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25
|
2
|
20
|
47
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of which: Structural food aid
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8
|
-
|
1
|
9
|
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1998/99 Domestic Availability
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-
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2
|
109
|
111
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1998 Production (rice in paddy terms)
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-
|
3
|
109
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112
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1998 Production (rice in milled terms)
|
-
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2
|
109
|
111
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Possible stock drawdown
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
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1998/99 Utilization
|
40
|
10
|
124
|
174
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Food Use
|
38
|
10
|
102
|
150
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of which: local purchase requirement
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
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Non-food use
|
-
|
-
|
20
|
20
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Exports or Re-exports
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
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Possible stock build up
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
4
|
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1998/99 Import Requirement
|
40
|
8
|
15
|
63
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Anticipated commercial imports
|
40
|
8
|
15
|
63
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Food aid needs
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
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Current Aid Position
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Food aid pledges
|
-
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-
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-
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-
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of which: Delivered
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-
|
-
|
-
|
-
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Donor-financed purchases
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
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of which: for local use
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
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for export
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
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Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/Year)
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41
|
11
|
110
|
161
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Indexes
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1998 production as % of normal:
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93
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1998/99 import requirement as % of normal:
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134
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1998/99 food aid requirement as % of normal:
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-
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