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Area:
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2 200 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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0.73 million (1999 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 |
Rice |
Coarse grains |
Total |
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Normal Production |
- |
17 |
4 |
21 |
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Normal Imports |
5 |
35 |
- |
40 |
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of which: Structural food aid |
1 |
5 |
- |
6 |
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1999 Domestic Availability |
- |
4 |
4 |
8 |
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1999 Production (rice in paddy terms) |
- |
3 |
4 |
7 |
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1999 Production (rice in milled terms) |
- |
2 |
4 |
6 |
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Possible stock drawdown |
- |
2 |
- |
2 |
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1999 Utilization |
6 |
44 |
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 |
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 |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
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of which: Delivered |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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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) |
8 |
58 |
3 |
69 |
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Indexes |
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1999 production as % of normal: |
33 |
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1999 import requirement as % of normal: |
115 |
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1999 food aid requirement as % of normal: |
167 |
