FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3, December 1999 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 15

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EQUATORIAL GUINEA

Area:
28 000 sq.km
Climate:
Tropical wet climate
Population:
433 000 (1999 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$ 380 (1995)
Specific characteristics of the country:
Low-income food-deficit country; coastal country
Logistics:
Ports and roads inadequate
Major foodcrops:
Cassava, sweet potatoes, bananas
Marketing year:
January/December; Lean season: September-November
Share of cereals in total calorie intake:
12 percent


CURRENT SITUATION


Rainfall remained below average in October. The staple crops are sweet potatoes, cassava and plantains.


CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 1999 MARKETING YEAR (in thousand tonnes)


 

Wheat

Rice

Coarse grains

Total

Normal Production

-

-

-

-

Normal Imports

4

5

-

9

of which: Structural food aid

1

-

-

1

1999 Domestic Availability

-

-

-

-

1998 Production (rice in paddy terms)

-

-

-

-

1998 Production (rice in milled terms)

-

-

-

-

Possible stock drawdown

-

-

-

-

1999 Utilization

4

5

-

9

Food Use

4

5

-

9

of which: local purchase requirement

-

-

-

-

Non-food use

-

-

-

-

Exports or Re-exports

-

-

-

-

Possible stock build up

-

-

-

-

1999 Import Requirement

4

5

-

9

Anticipated commercial imports

3

5

-

8

Food aid needs

1

-

-

1

Current Aid Position

       

Food aid pledges

-

-

-

-

of which: Delivered

-

-

-

-

Donor-financed purchases

-

-

-

-

of which: for local use

-

-

-

-

for export

-

-

-

-

Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/Year)

9

12

-

21

Indexes

       

1998 production as % of normal:

     

-

1999 import requirement as % of normal:

     

100

1999 food aid requirement as % of normal:

     

100


FAO/GIEWS - December 1999

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