Area:
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2 000 sq.km
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Climate:
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Tropical wet-dry; one hot rainy season with cyclone probability; June-October dry and cool
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Population:
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0.729 million (1998 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$ 470 (1995)
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Specific characteristics of the country:
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Low-income food-deficit country; archipelago of four small islands
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Logistics:
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-
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Major foodcrops:
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Rice, roots, tubers, bananas and coconuts
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Marketing year:
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January/December
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Share of cereals in total calorie intake:
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44 percent
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Most of the country's agricultural land is planted to cash crops, bananas and root crops. Only one-quarter of the cereal requirement is produced locally and, consequently, there is a structural deficit of some 46 000 tonnes of cereals, largely covered by commercial imports. Food aid needs are estimated at 10 000 tonnes.
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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
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-
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17
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4
|
21
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Normal Imports
|
5
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35
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-
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40
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of which: Structural food aid
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1
|
5
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-
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6
|
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1999 Domestic Availability
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-
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4
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4
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8
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1999 Production (rice in paddy terms)
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-
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3
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4
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7
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1999 Production (rice in milled terms)
|
-
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2
|
4
|
6
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Possible stock drawdown
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
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1999 Utilization
|
6
|
44
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4
|
54
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Food Use
|
6
|
42
|
2
|
50
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of which: local purchase requirement
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
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Non-food use
|
-
|
2
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2
|
4
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Exports or Re-exports
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
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Possible stock build up
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
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1999 Import Requirement
|
6
|
40
|
-
|
46
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Anticipated commercial imports
|
5
|
31
|
-
|
36
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Food aid needs
|
1
|
9
|
-
|
10
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Current Aid Position
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Food aid pledges
|
-
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1
|
-
|
1
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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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8
|
58
|
3
|
69
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Indexes
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1999 production as % of normal:
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33
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1999 import requirement as % of normal:
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115
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1999 food aid requirement as % of normal:
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167
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