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Area:
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246 000 sq.km
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Climate:
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Tropical wet-dry; rainy season: March/June to October/November
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Population:
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7.18 million (2001 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$510 (1999)
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Specific characteristics of the country:
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Low-income food-deficit country; mountainous coastal country
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Logistics:
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Ports and roads inadequate
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Major foodcrops:
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Rice, roots and tubers, coarse grains
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Marketing year:
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January/December; Lean season: July-September
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Share of cereals in total calorie intake:
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52 percent
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First rains were registered in the south in late March, and subsequently covered the entire country in May, allowing land preparation and first plantings. They remained widespread in June, being well above normal in the west in early and late June, and throughout the country in early July. Reflecting a good harvest in 1999 and a record crop in 2000, the overall food supply situation is satisfactory and markets are generally well supplied, except in the south-east where rebel incursions from Sierra Leone have severely affected agriculture and marketing activities.
There are more than 400 000 refugees from Liberia and Sierra Leone and about 150 000 IDPs in the country. About 57 000 Sierra Leonean and Liberian refugees have been relocated from the Parrot's Beak, a stretch of Guinean territory which has been and is likely to remain the scene of military operations by various armed groups. New refugee camps have been established in the Dabola and Albadaria prefectures to relocate refugees.
At the same time, the voluntary repatriation of those who wish to return to Sierra Leone is facilitated. A transit camp has been established in Conakry to organise repatriation of refugees by boat to Freetown where reception facilities are available. Since September 2000, more than 55 000 Sierra Leoneans have returned from Guinea.
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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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721
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207
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928
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Previous five years average imports
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112
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235
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1
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348
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2001 Domestic Availability
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-
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581
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230
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810
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2000 Production (rice in paddy terms)
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-
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871
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230
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1 100
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2000 Production (rice in milled terms)
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-
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581
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230
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810
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Possible stock drawdown
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-
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-
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-
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-
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2001 Utilization
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110
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801
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230
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1 140
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Food use
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107
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650
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184
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941
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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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3
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131
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44
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178
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Exports or re-exports
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-
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10
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-
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10
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Possible stock build up
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-
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10
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2
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12
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2001 Import Requirement
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110
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220
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-
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330
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Anticipated commercial imports
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110
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220
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-
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330
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Food aid needs
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Current Aid Position
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Food aid pledges
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4
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-
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-
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4
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of which: delivered
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4
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-
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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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14
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87
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25
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126
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Indexes
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2000 Production as % of average:
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119
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2001 Import requirement as % of average:
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95
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