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Area:
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111 000 sq.km
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Climate:
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Tropical wet-dry; two rainy seasons in south (Mar.-Jul. and Oct.) and one in north (May-Oct.)
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Population:
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6.26 million (2001 estimate); G.N.P. per caput US$380 (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, roads, rail adequate; gateway to Niger
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Major foodcrops:
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Roots and tubers, maize
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Marketing year:
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January/December; Lean season: April-June
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Share of cereals in total calorie intake:
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37 percent
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The first rains started in mid-March in the south, allowing planting of the first maize crop. Rains covered the entire country from mid-April and remained widespread and above average during May, benefiting planting and emergence of millet and sorghum crops in the north. They decreased somewhat in early June, became well below average in mid-June, but resumed in late June. They remained abundant in early July in the north but decreased significantly in the south.
Following a well above-average cereal harvest in 2000, the overall food supply situation is satisfactory. Markets are well supplied and prices of cereals remain generally stable. Cereal imports for domestic use and re-exports during the 2001 marketing year are estimated at 136 000 tonnes and food aid requirements at 9 000 tonnes.
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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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27
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798
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825
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Previous five years average imports
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48
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121
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5
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174
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2001 Domestic Availability
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-
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31
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953
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985
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2000 Production (rice in paddy terms)
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-
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52
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953
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1 006
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2000 Production (rice in milled terms)
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-
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31
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953
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985
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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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55
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111
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954
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1 121
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Food use
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49
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84
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625
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758
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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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1
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8
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234
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243
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Exports or re-exports
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5
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20
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70
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95
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Possible stock build up
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-
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-
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25
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25
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2001 Import Requirement
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55
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80
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1
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136 1/
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Anticipated commercial imports
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52
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75
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-
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127
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Food aid needs
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3
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5
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1
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9
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Current Aid Position
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Food aid pledges
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1
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3
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1
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5
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of which: delivered
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-
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3
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1
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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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8
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13
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100
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121
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Indexes
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2000 Production as % of average:
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122
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2001 Import requirement as % of average:
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78
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1/ Includes 20 000 tonnes of re-exports of rice and 5 000 tonnes of wheat.
