Area:
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30 000 sq.km
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Climate:
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Highland rainy climate with mild winter. Rainy season: Oct.-April. Cool temperatures in May-September with frost hazard
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Population:
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2.24 million (1999 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$ 570 (1998)
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Specific characteristics of the country:
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Low-income food-deficit country; land-locked
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Logistics:
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All imports through South Africa
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Major foodcrops:
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Maize, sorghum, vegetables
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Marketing year:
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April/March; Lean season: February-April
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Share of cereals in total calorie intake:
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75 percent
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Harvest of the 2000 coarse grains is completed. Preliminary forecast point to a decline of 8 percent in this year's maize production from the about-normal level of last year. A delay in the start of the rainy season, coupled with a prolonged dry spell in January and subsequent excessive rains and floods in February, resulted in lower plantings and yields. In low-land areas severely affected by floods, the reduction in maize production is significant.
Wheat | Rice | Coarse grains | Total | |
Previous five years average production | 19 | - | 151 | 170 |
Previous five years average imports | 51 | 3 | 137 | 191 |
2000/01 Domestic Availability | 21 | - | 150 | 171 |
2000 Production (rice in paddy terms) | 21 | - | 146 | 167 |
2000 Production (rice in milled terms) | 21 | - | 146 | 167 |
Possible stock drawdown | - | - | 4 | 4 |
2000/01 Utilization | 76 | 3 | 315 | 394 |
Food Use | 70 | 3 | 299 | 372 |
of which: local purchase requirement | - | - | - | - |
Non-food use | 1 | - | 16 | 17 |
Exports or Re-exports | - | - | - | - |
Possible stock build up | 5 | - | - | 5 |
2000/01 Import Requirement | 55 | 3 | 165 | 223 |
Anticipated commercial imports | 55 | 3 | 155 | 213 |
Food aid needs | - | - | 10 | 10 |
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) | 33 | 1 | 139 | 173 |
Indexes | ||||
2000 production as % of average: | 98 | |||
2000/01 import requirement as % of average: | 117 |