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Area:
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2 200 sq.km
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Climate:
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Tropical wet-dry; one hot rainy season with cyclone probability; June-October dry and cool
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Population:
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0.785 million (2001 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$350 (1999)
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Specific characteristics of the country:
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Low-income food-deficit country; archipelago of four small islands
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Logistics:
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-
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Major foodcrops:
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Rice, roots, tubers, bananas and coconuts
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Marketing year:
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January/December
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Share of cereals in total calorie intake:
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44 percent
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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.
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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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3
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4
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7
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Previous five years average imports
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6
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39
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-
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45
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2001 Domestic Availability
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-
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2
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4
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6
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2001 Production (rice in paddy terms)
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-
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3
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4
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7
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2001 Production (rice in milled terms)
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-
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2
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4
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6
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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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6
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42
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4
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52
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Food use
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6
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40
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2
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48
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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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-
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2
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2
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4
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Exports or re-exports
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-
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-
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-
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-
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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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6
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40
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-
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46
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Anticipated commercial imports
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6
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40
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-
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46
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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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-
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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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8
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51
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3
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61
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Indexes
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2001 Production as % of average:
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100
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2001 Import requirement as % of average:
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102
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