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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Wheat | Rice | Coarse grains | Total | |
Normal Production | - | 17 | 4 | 21 |
Normal Imports | 5 | 35 | - | 40 |
of which: Structural food aid | 1 | 5 | - | 6 |
2000 Domestic Availability | - | 2 | 4 | 6 |
1999 Production (rice in paddy terms) | - | 3 | 4 | 7 |
1999 Production (rice in milled terms) | - | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Possible stock drawdown | - | - | - | - |
2000 Utilization | 6 | 42 | 4 | 52 |
Food Use | 6 | 40 | 2 | 48 |
of which: local purchase requirement | - | - | - | - |
Non-food use | - | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Exports or Re-exports | - | - | - | - |
Possible stock build up | - | - | 1 | 1 |
2000 Import Requirement | 6 | 40 | - | 46 |
Anticipated commercial imports | 5 | 31 | - | 36 |
Food aid needs | 1 | 9 | - | 10 |
Current Aid Position | ||||
Food aid pledges | - | 1 | - | 1 |
of which: Delivered | - | - | - | - |
Donor-financed purchases | - | - | - | - |
of which: for local use | - | - | - | - |
for export | - | - | - | - |
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year) | 8 | 53 | 2 | 63 |
Indexes | ||||
1999 production as % of normal: | 33 | |||
2000 import requirement as % of normal: | 115 | |||
2000 food aid requirement as % of normal: | 167 |