Area:
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258 000 sq.km
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Climate:
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Tropical wet climate; most rainfall: October-May
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Population:
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1.48 million (2000 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$ 4 230 (1997)
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Specific characteristics of the country:
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Coastal country
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Logistics:
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Ports and roads adequate
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Major foodcrops:
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Roots and tubers
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Marketing year:
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January/December; Lean season: September-November
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Share of cereals in total calorie intake:
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19 percent
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The main foodcrops are cassava and plantains but some maize is also produced (around 25 000 tonnes). The country commercially imports the bulk of its cereal requirement, estimated at around 82 000 tonnes in 2000. In a census conducted in November and December 1999 in Libreville, about 13 500 Congolese refugees were registered in Haut-Ogooue in the east and Nyanga in the southwest, the two provinces bordering Congo. Congolese refugees in two other provinces, Ngounie and Ogooue-Lolo, are estimated between 3 000 and 4 000. There are also about 1 500 people from other countries such as Angola, Chad, DRC, Equatorial Guinea and Rwanda. Food supplies to the refugees and other sources ran out in mid-February. WFP will provide some 12 000 refugees with 1 200 tonnes of food for six months.
Wheat | Rice | Coarse grains | Total | |
Normal Production | - | - | 25 | 25 |
Normal Imports | 45 | 35 | 2 | 82 |
of which: Structural food aid | 0 | - | - | 0 |
2000 Domestic Availability | - | - | 27 | 27 |
1999 Production (rice in paddy terms) | - | - | 25 | 25 |
1999 Production (rice in milled terms) | - | - | 25 | 25 |
Possible stock drawdown | - | - | 2 | 2 |
2000 Utilization | 45 | 35 | 29 | 109 |
Food Use | 44 | 35 | 21 | 100 |
of which: local purchase requirement | - | - | - | - |
Non-food use | 1 | - | 8 | 9 |
Exports or Re-exports | - | - | - | - |
Possible stock build up | - | - | - | - |
2000 Import Requirement | 45 | 35 | 2 | 82 |
Anticipated commercial imports | 45 | 35 | 2 | 82 |
Food aid needs | - | - | - | - |
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) | 30 | 24 | 14 | 68 |
Indexes | ||||
1999 production as % of normal: | 100 | |||
2000 import requirement as % of normal: | 100 | |||
2000 food aid requirement as % of normal: | - |