Area: |
1 220 000 sq.km |
Climate: |
From north to south: arid, semi-arid
and tropical wet-dry; rainy season: May-October |
Population: |
10.22 million (2000 estimate); G.N.P.
per caput: US$240 (1999) |
Specific characteristics of the
country: |
Low-income food-deficit country;
land-locked Sahelian country |
Logistics: |
Roads inadequate during rainy season;
river transport important; rail link to Dakar (Senegal) |
Major foodcrops: |
Millet, sorghum, rice, maize |
Marketing year: |
November/October; Lean season:
July-September |
Share of cereals in total calorie
intake: |
75 percent |
Rains were generally well distributed and regular in June, July, August and September over the main producing areas. Pastures are generally abundant. Grain-eating birds were reported in the rice producing areas along the Niger river and treatments have been undertaken. Grasshopper attacks were also reported locally. Desert Locusts were seen in Timetrine, Tilemoy valley and central Adrar des Iforas during durveys in November, indicating that they have also moved into southern Algeria and northern Mauritania.
A joint FAO/CILSS Crop Assessment Mission in late October estimated the 2000 cereal production at 2 386 300 tonnes. This is 17.5 percent below last year's record (2 893 600 tonnes) but remains very close to the last five years average. Following two successive bumper crops in 1998 and 1999, farmers stocks have been well replenished. They were estimated by the statistical services at 520 000 tonnes. The national security stock is also at its recommended level of 35 000 tonnes (plus 25 000 potential tonnes with the "financial" security stock). With traders and other organisations stocks, there was a stock of more than 3 months of consumption needs before this year's harvest. Therefore, the overall food situation is satisfactory. However, some areas may be at risk of food shortages following poor harvests, notably in Mopti, Gao, Kidal, Tombouctou et northern S�gou regions. Prices of cereals are likely to increase in these areas due to lower production and stronger demand from neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger which gathered lower crops than in 1999.
| Wheat | Rice | Coarse grains | Total | |
| Previous five years average production | 5 | 625 | 1 767 | 2 397 |
| Previous five years average imports | 47 | 59 | 5 | 111 |
| 2000/01 Domestic Availability | 10 | 507 | 1 841 | 2 358 |
| 2000 Production (rice in paddy terms) | 10 | 745 | 1 631 | 2 386 |
| 2000 Production (rice in milled terms) | 10 | 507 | 1 631 | 2 148 |
| Possible stock drawdown | - | - | 210 | 210 |
| 2000/01 Utilization | 60 | 547 | 1 841 | 2 448 |
| Food Use | 59 | 400 | 1 581 | 2 040 |
| of which: local purchase requirement | - | - | 10 | 10 |
| Non-food use | 1 | 97 | 248 | 346 |
| Exports or Re-exports | - | 50 | 12 | 62 |
| Possible stock build up | - | - | - | - |
| 2000/01 Import Requirement | 50 | 40 | - | 90 |
| Anticipated commercial imports | 40 | 40 | - | 80 |
| Food aid needs | 10 | - | - | 10 |
| Current Aid Position | ||||
| Food aid pledges | - | - | - | - |
| of which: Delivered | - | - | - | - |
| Donor-financed purchases | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| of which: for local use | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| for export | - | - | - | - |
| Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/Year) | 6 | 38 | 151 | 195 |
| Indexes | ||||
| 2000 production as % of average: | 100 | |||
| 2000/01 import requirement as % of average: | 81 |
