Area:
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741 000 sq.km
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Climate:
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Tropical wet-dry; rainy season: November-April
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Population:
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10.44 million (1999 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$ 330 (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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Imports through Dar es Salaam (Tanzania); inadequate rail and road connections
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Major foodcrops:
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Maize, roots, tubers
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Marketing year:
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May/April; Lean season: March-May
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Share of cereals in total calorie intake:
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70 percent
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Harvesting of the 2000 coarse grains, mainly maize, is well advanced and a good maize crop is in prospects. Preliminary estimates point to an increase of 7 percent in this year's maize output to an average level of 918 000 tonnes. Despite severe floods in early March and crop losses along the Zambezi Valley, abundant rains during the season benefited this year's maize crop and resulted in higher plantings and yields. Improved use of agricultural inputs, mainly in the commercial sector, also contributed to better yields. The outlook for cassava and other foodcrops is also satisfactory.
Reflecting the increase in production, the overall food supply situation is anticipated to improve in marketing year 2000/01 (April/May).
Wheat | Rice | Coarse grains | Total | |
Previous five years average production | 63 | 16 | 1 012 | 1 091 |
Previous five years average imports | 57 | 15 | 302 | 374 |
2000/01 Domestic Availability | 90 | 13 | 1 032 | 1 135 |
2000 Production (rice in paddy terms) | 90 | 19 | 1 032 | 1 141 |
2000 Production (rice in milled terms) | 90 | 13 | 1 032 | 1 135 |
Possible stock drawdown | - | - | - | - |
2000/01 Utilization | 131 | 36 | 1 372 | 1 539 |
Food Use | 127 | 34 | 1 132 | 1 293 |
of which: local purchase requirement | - | - | 3 | 3 |
Non-food use | 4 | 2 | 185 | 191 |
Exports or Re-exports | - | - | 50 | 50 |
Possible stock build up | - | - | 5 | 5 |
2000/01 Import Requirement | 41 | 23 | 340 | 404 |
Anticipated commercial imports | 41 | 22 | 340 | 403 |
Food aid needs | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Current Aid Position | ||||
Food aid pledges | - | - | - | - |
of which: Delivered | - | - | - | - |
Donor-financed purchases | - | - | 3 | 3 |
of which: for local use | - | - | 3 | 3 |
for export | - | - | - | - |
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/Year) | 12 | 3 | 106 | 121 |
Indexes | ||||
2000 production as % of average: | 105 | |||
2000/01 import requirement as % of average: | 108 |