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Area:
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200 000 sq.km
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Climate:
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North-east is semi-arid, rest of the country is tropical
wet-dry; main rainy period is March-October
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Population:
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21.69 million (1999 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$
320 (1997)
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Specific characteristics of the country:
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Low-income food-deficit country
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Logistics:
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Ports: Mombasa (Kenya) and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania);
roads and railways inadequate
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Major foodcrops:
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Roots, tubers, plantains, pulses, maize, millet, sorghum
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Marketing year:
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January/December; Lean season: April-May
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Share of cereals in total calorie intake:
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35 percent
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A prolonged drought experienced in various parts of the country has affected the 1999 main season crops and brought a near total failure of crops in some areas. About 700 000 people in at least 28 districts are reported to be facing severe food shortages. The western and south-western counties of Nyabushozi, Kashari and Ibanda in Mbarara, and Ruhinda and Ruhaama in Bushenyi and Ntungamo respectively, are among the hardest hit areas, but the agro-pastoral north-eastern Districts of Moroto and Kotido are particularly vulnerable as the flow of foodstuffs, including food aid, is restricted due to insecurity. International food aid is being provided for more than 400 000 displaced people by persistent insurgency in northern parts of the country.
Prospects for the 1999 second season food crops, to be harvested from next January, have improved with abundant rains in October, except in some areas of Mbarara, Rakai and Apac districts.
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Wheat |
Rice |
Coarse grains |
Total |
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Normal Production |
9 |
78 |
1 810 |
1 897 |
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Normal Imports |
18 |
5 |
10 |
33 |
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of which: Structural food aid |
15 |
- |
10 |
25 |
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1999 Domestic Availability |
14 |
- |
1 650 |
1 664 |
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1999 Production (rice in paddy terms) |
9 |
77 |
1 630 |
1 716 |
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1999 Production (rice in milled terms) |
9 |
- |
1 630 |
1 639 |
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Possible stock drawdown |
5 |
- |
20 |
25 |
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1999 Utilization |
84 |
6 |
1 700 |
1 790 |
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Food Use |
83 |
6 |
1 245 |
1 334 |
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of which: local purchase requirement |
- |
- |
11 |
11 |
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Non-food use |
1 |
- |
325 |
326 |
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Exports or Re-exports |
- |
- |
130 |
130 |
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Possible stock build up |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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1999 Import Requirement |
70 |
6 |
50 |
126 |
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Anticipated commercial imports |
70 |
4 |
- |
74 |
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Food aid needs |
- |
2 |
50 |
52 |
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Current Aid Position |
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Food aid pledges |
12 |
- |
28 |
40 |
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of which: Delivered |
6 |
- |
28 |
34 |
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Donor-financed purchases |
- |
- |
28 |
28 |
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of which: for local use |
- |
- |
11 |
11 |
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for export |
- |
- |
17 |
17 |
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Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/Year) |
4 |
0 |
57 |
62 |
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Indexes |
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1999 production as % of normal: |
90 |
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1999 import requirement as % of normal: |
382 |
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1999 food aid requirement as % of normal: |
208 |
