Area: |
2 200 sq.km |
Climate: |
Tropical wet-dry; one hot rainy season
with cyclone probability; June-October dry and cool |
Population: |
0.73 million (1999 estimate); G.N.P.
per caput: US$350 (1999) |
Specific characteristics of the
country: |
Low-income food-deficit country;
archipelago of four small islands |
Logistics: |
- |
Major foodcrops: |
Rice, roots, tubers, bananas and
coconuts |
Marketing year: |
January/December |
Share of cereals in total calorie
intake: |
44 percent |
Most of the country's agricultural land is planted to cash crops, bananas and root crops. Only one-quarter of the cereal requirement is produced locally and, consequently, there is a structural deficit of some 46 000 tonnes of cereals, largely covered by commercial imports. Food aid needs are estimated at 10 000 tonnes.
| Wheat | Rice | Coarse grains | Total | |
| Previous five years average production | - | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Previous five years average imports | 5 | 38 | - | 43 |
| 2000 Domestic Availability | - | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2000 Production (rice in paddy terms) | - | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2000 Production (rice in milled terms) | - | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Possible stock drawdown | - | - | - | - |
| 2000 Utilization | 6 | 42 | 4 | 52 |
| Food Use | 6 | 40 | 2 | 48 |
| of which: local purchase requirement | - | - | - | - |
| Non-food use | - | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Exports or Re-exports | - | - | - | - |
| Possible stock build up | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 Import Requirement | 6 | 40 | - | 46 |
| Anticipated commercial imports | 5 | 31 | - | 36 |
| Food aid needs | 1 | 9 | - | 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) | 8 | 53 | 2 | 63 |
| Indexes | ||||
| 2000 production as % of average: | 100 | |||
| 2000 import requirement as % of average: | 107 |
