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Area:
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465 000 sq.km
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Climate:
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North: tropical wet-dry, south: tropical wet; length of rainy season declines from 11 months in south to 4 months in extreme north
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Population:
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15.49 million (2001 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$580 (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 Chad
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Major foodcrops:
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Roots and tubers, coarse grains, fruit
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Marketing year:
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January/December; Lean season: June-August
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Share of cereals in total calorie intake:
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39 percent
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Rains started in the south in March. They became particularly abundant in the south and the centre in mid-April and reached the extreme north in May, permitting land preparation and first plantings. Precipitation decreased in the south in June. Rains were abundant in the north in late June and early July.
The overall food supply situation is satisfactory except in the extreme north. A joint FAO/WFP assessment mission in late May estimated food aid needs at 19 000 tonnes for 80 000 families affected by poor crops due to drought, flooding or pest attacks in the north and extreme north provinces. Cereal imports for domestic use and re-export during the 2001 marketing year are estimated at 310 000 tonnes, mostly wheat and rice.
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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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81
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1 181
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1 262
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Previous five years average imports
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182
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94
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13
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289
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2001 Domestic Availability
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0
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55
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1 211
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1 267
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2000 Production (rice in paddy terms)
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0
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81
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1 181
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1 263
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2000 Production (rice in milled terms)
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0
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55
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1 181
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1 237
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Possible stock drawdown
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-
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-
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30
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30
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2001 Utilization
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200
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155
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1 221
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1 577
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Food use
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186
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145
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966
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1 298
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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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4
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10
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250
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264
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Exports or re-exports
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10
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-
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5
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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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200
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100
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10
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3101/
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Anticipated commercial imports
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200
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98
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10
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308
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Food aid needs
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-
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2
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-
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2
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Current Aid Position
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Food aid pledges
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-
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-
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-
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-
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of which: delivered
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-
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-
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-
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-
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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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12
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9
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62
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84
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Indexes
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2000 Production as % of average:
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100
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2001 Import requirement as % of average:
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107
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1/ Includes 10 000 tonnes of re-exports of wheat.
