Area:
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25 000 sq.km
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Climate:
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Highland rainy climate with moderate temperature (200C); two rainy seasons: February-May and September-November
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Population:
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8.11 million (1999 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$ 230 (1998)
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Specific characteristics of the country:
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Low-income food-deficit country; land-locked country
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Logistics:
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Ports: Mombasa (Kenya) and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania); roads and railway inadequate
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Major foodcrops:
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Roots, tubers, pulses, plantains, sorghum, maize
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Marketing year:
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January/December; Lean season: November-December
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Share of cereals in total calorie intake:
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25 percent
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Wheat | Rice | Coarse grains | Total | |
Normal Production | 10 | 9 | 276 | 295 |
Normal Imports | 10 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
of which: Structural food aid | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
2000 Domestic Availability | 4 | 5 | 221 | 230 |
2000 Production (rice in paddy terms) | 4 | 8 | 211 | 223 |
2000 Production (rice in milled terms) | 4 | 5 | 211 | 220 |
Possible stock drawdown | - | - | 10 | 10 |
2000 Utilization | 19 | 15 | 406 | 440 |
Food Use | 15 | 14 | 385 | 414 |
of which: local purchase requirement | - | - | - | - |
Non-food use | - | 1 | 21 | 22 |
Exports or Re-exports | - | - | - | - |
Possible stock build up | 4 | - | - | 4 |
2000 Import Requirement | 15 | 10 | 185 | 210 |
Anticipated commercial imports | - | - | 60 | 60 |
Food aid needs | 15 | 10 | 125 | 150 |
Current Aid Position | ||||
Food aid pledges | 6 | - | 3 | 9 |
of which: Delivered | - | - | 3 | 3 |
Donor-financed purchases | - | - | - | - |
of which: for local use | - | - | - | - |
for export | - | - | - | - |
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year) | 2 | 2 | 46 | 50 |
Indexes | ||||
2000 production as % of normal: | 76 | |||
2000 import requirement as % of normal: | 1 105 | |||
2000 food aid requirement as % of normal: | 2 143 |