Area: |
25 700 sq.km |
Climate: |
Highland rainy climate with moderate
temperature (200C); two rainy seasons: Feb.-May and Sept.-Nov. |
Population: |
6.47 million (1999 estimate); G.N.P.
per caput: US$120 (1999) |
Specific characteristics of the
country: |
Low-income food-deficit country;
land-locked country |
Logistics: |
Ports: Mombasa (Kenya) and Dar es
Salaam (Tanzania); rail and road connections inadequate |
Major foodcrops: |
Pulses, plantains, roots, tubers, maize
and sorghum |
Marketing year: |
January/December; Lean season:
November-December |
Share of cereals in total calorie
intake: |
34 percent |
Good rains from the second half of October, which followed five months with virtually no rains in most growing regions, improved soil conditions for sowing of the 2001 crops season and provided relief to early planted and perennial crops. However, the rains may have arrived too late to avoid reductions in plantings, which normally are completed by the end of October. Shortages of seeds, following a succession of reduced harvests, are also negatively affecting field operations.
The food supply is tight following a sharply reduced pulses and cereal harvest of the 2000 B season. International food assistance is being distributed to a target population of 700 000 people, including those affected by a poor harvest, the displaced persons and the most vulnerable population. The outturn of the current season will be crucial to the food supply in the country in the first half of 2001.
| Wheat | Rice | Coarse grains | Total | |
| Previous five years average production | 10 | 45 | 237 | 292 |
| Previous five years average imports | 21 | 4 | 28 | 53 |
| 2000 Domestic Availability | 13 | 63 | 180 | 256 |
| 2000 Production (rice in paddy terms) | 10 | 95 | 178 | 283 |
| 2000 Production (rice in milled terms) | 10 | 63 | 178 | 251 |
| Possible stock drawdown | 3 | - | 2 | 5 |
| 2000 Utilization | 38 | 63 | 261 | 362 |
| Food Use | 38 | 48 | 227 | 313 |
| of which: local purchase requirement | - | - | - | - |
| Non-food use | - | 10 | 34 | 44 |
| Exports or Re-exports | - | - | - | - |
| Possible stock build up | - | 5 | - | 5 |
| 2000 Import Requirement | 25 | - | 81 | 106 |
| Anticipated commercial imports | 20 | - | 30 | 50 |
| Food aid needs | 5 | - | 51 | 56 |
| Current Aid Position | ||||
| Food aid pledges | - | - | 17 | 17 |
| of which: Delivered | - | - | 6 | 6 |
| Donor-financed purchases | - | - | - | - |
| of which: for local use | - | - | - | - |
| for export | - | - | - | - |
| Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/Year) | 6 | 7 | 34 | 47 |
| Indexes | ||||
| 2000 production as % of average: | 97 | |||
| 2000 import requirement as % of average: | 200 |
