FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2, August 2000 TOGO 45

TOGO

Area:	54 000 sq.km
Climate:	Tropical wet-dry; two rainy seasons in south (March-June and October) and one in North (May-October)
Population:	4.63 million (2000 estimate) G.N.P. per caput: US$ 330 (1998)
Specific characteristics of the country:	Low-income food-deficit country; coastal country
Logistics:	Ports and roads adequate; gateway to Burkina Faso and Niger
Major foodcrops:	Roots and tubers, coarse grains, fruit
Marketing year:	January/December; Lean season: April-July
Share of cereals in total calorie intake:	40 percent

CURRENT SITUATION

First rains were received in the south and the centre during the second dekad of March, allowing land preparation and planting of the first maize crop. They progressed to the north in April and permitted planting of millet and sorghum. Precipitation decreased significantly over the northern half of the country during the first dekad of May but became widespread and abundant countrywide in late May. Rains decreased in early June but became widespread and abundant from mid-June, benefiting crop development.

Following a record cereal harvest in 1999, estimated at 748 000 tonnes (with rice in paddy), the overall food supply situation is satisfactory. However, some population affected by floods in the regions of Kara (in the north), Plateaux (in the west), Maritime (in the south) and Savanes (in the extreme north) remain vulnerable.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2000 MARKETING YEAR (in thousand tonnes)

	Wheat	Rice	Coarse grains	Total
Previous five years average production	-	53	511	564
Previous five years average imports	43	109	24	176
2000 Domestic Availability	-	58	663	721
1999 Production (rice in paddy terms)	-	85	663	748
1999 Production (rice in milled terms)	-	58	663	721
Possible stock drawdown	-	-	-	-
2000 Utilization	50	138	663	851
Food Use	46	65	407	518
of which: local purchase requirement	-	-	-	-
Non-food use	2	13	221	236
Exports or Re-exports	2	60	10	72
Possible stock build up	-	-	25	25
2000 Import Requirement	50	80	-	130 1/
Anticipated commercial imports	50	78	-	128
Food aid needs	-	2	-	2
Current Aid Position
Food aid pledges	-	4	-	4
of which: Delivered	-	4	-	4
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	-	-
of which: for local use	-	-	-	-
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/Year)	10	14	88	112
Indexes
1999 production as % of average:				133
2000 import requirement as % of average:				74

1/ Including 60 000 tonnes for re-export.