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Area:
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318 000 sq.km
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Climate:
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Tropical wet-dry; two rainy seasons (March-July and September-December) in south and one in north (May-Oct.)
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Population:
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15.1 million (2001 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$710 (1999)
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Specific characteristics of the country:
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Low-income food-deficit country; coastal country
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Logistics:
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Ports and roads adequate; gateway to Burkina Faso and Mali
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Major foodcrops:
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Roots and tubers, fruit, rice, maize
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Marketing year:
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January/December; Lean season: April-July
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Share of cereals in total calorie intake:
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40 percent
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Following the start of rains in late February, planting of the first maize crop is underway. Abundant precipitation covered the entire country during April and May, benefiting planting and emergence of millet and sorghum crops in the north. Precipitation decreased in June, notably during the second dekad, but remained widespread.
Following an above-average cereal harvest in 2000, the overall food supply situation is satisfactory. Some 110 000 Liberian refugees and 2 000 Sierra Leoneans remain in the west.
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Wheat
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Rice
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Coarse grains
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Total
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Previous five years average production
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-
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1 000
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748
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1 748
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Previous five years average imports
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272
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474
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13
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759
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2001 Domestic Availability
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5
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710
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748
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1 463
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2000 Production (rice in paddy terms)
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-
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1 100
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748
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1 848
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2000 Production (rice in milled terms)
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-
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660
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748
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1 408
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Possible stock drawdown
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5
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50
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-
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55
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2001 Utilization
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275
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1 210
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756
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2 241
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Food use
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265
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1 045
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582
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1 892
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of which: local purchase requirement
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Non-food use
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5
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165
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164
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334
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Exports or re-exports
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5
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-
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10
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15
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Possible stock build up
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-
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-
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-
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-
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2001 Import Requirement
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270
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500
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8
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778
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Anticipated commercial imports
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270
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490
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6
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766
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Food aid needs
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-
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10
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2
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12
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Current Aid Position
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Food aid pledges
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-
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4
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-
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4
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of which: delivered
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-
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4
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-
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4
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Donor-financed purchases
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-
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-
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-
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-
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of which: for local use
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-
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-
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-
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-
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for export
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)
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18
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69
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39
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126
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Indexes
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2000 Production as % of average:
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106
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2001 Import requirement as % of average:
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103
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