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Area:
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2.4 million sq.km
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Climate:
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From north to south, arid, semi-arid and tropical wet-dry.
Rainy season: May-October
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Population:
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30.29 million (1999 estimate); GNP per caput: n.a.
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Specific characteristics of the country:
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Low-income food-deficit country; cereal production
mainly in eastern and central areas.
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Logistics:
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Roads, railway and river transport inadequate
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Major foodcrops:
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Sorghum, millet, wheat, roots and tubers, oils
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Marketing year:
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November/October; Lean season: September-October
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Share of cereals in total calorie intake:
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51 percent
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A recent FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission to southern Sudan indicated an overall increase in cereal production in the traditional sector compared to last year, due to improved security conditions, well-distributed rains and a relatively pest-free season. However, a sharp decline in sorghum production and a major shift to cash crops, mainly sesame, is observed in the mechanised sector, following last year's record sorghum harvest and the attendant low prices. Localised crop failures were also observed in some areas, particularly northern Bahr el Ghazal and Unity states.
In central and northern Sudan, harvesting of the 1999 main season cereal crops is underway. Despite severe floods that caused heavy crop and property damages, overall harvest prospects are favourable. An FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission is currently in the northern part of the country to appraise the 1999 main season cereal production and estimate overall commercial imports/exports and food aid requirements in 2000.
In anticipation of the good harvest and reflecting high levels of carryover stocks, prices of sorghum remain at very low levels.
WFP delivered about 8 563 tonnes of food aid to both northern and southern areas in October, against a target of 9 015 tonnes, a 3 percent decline on September deliveries.
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Wheat |
Rice |
Coarse grains |
Total |
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Normal Production |
460 |
1 |
3 189 |
3 650 |
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Normal Imports |
450 |
10 |
130 |
590 |
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of which: Structural food aid |
250 |
- |
- |
250 |
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1999/2000 Domestic Availability |
165 |
- |
4 840 |
5 005 |
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1999 Production (rice in paddy terms) |
165 |
2 |
4 690 |
4 857 |
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1999 Production (rice in milled terms) |
165 |
- |
4 690 |
4 855 |
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Possible stock drawdown |
- |
- |
150 |
150 |
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1999/2000 Utilization |
565 |
25 |
4 860 |
5 450 |
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Food Use |
545 |
24 |
3 935 |
4 504 |
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of which: local purchase requirement |
- |
- |
150 |
150 |
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Non-food use |
20 |
1 |
725 |
746 |
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Exports or Re-exports |
- |
- |
200 |
200 |
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Possible stock build up |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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1999/2000 Import Requirement |
400 |
25 |
20 |
445 |
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Anticipated commercial imports |
380 |
25 |
- |
405 |
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Food aid needs |
20 |
- |
20 |
40 |
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Current Aid Position |
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Food aid pledges |
3 |
- |
- |
3 |
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of which: Delivered |
3 |
- |
- |
3 |
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Donor-financed purchases |
- |
- |
7 |
7 |
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of which: for local use |
- |
- |
7 |
7 |
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for export |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/Year) |
18 |
1 |
127 |
145 |
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Indexes |
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1999 production as % of normal: |
133 |
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1999/2000 import requirement as % of normal: |
75 |
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1999/2000 food aid requirement as % of normal: |
16 |
