Area: |
246 000 sq.km |
Climate: |
Tropical wet-dry; rainy season: March/June to October/November |
Population: |
7.18 million (2001 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$450 (2000) |
Specific characteristics of the country: |
Low-income food-deficit country; mountainous coastal country |
Logistics: |
Ports and roads inadequate |
Major foodcrops: |
Rice, roots and tubers, coarse grains |
Marketing year: |
January/December; Lean season: July-September |
Share of cereals in total calorie intake: |
52 percent |
Rains were abundant countrywide in late August and remained adequate in September and October. Cumulative rainfall is generally above normal. Floods which occurred in August and September in Haute Guin�e affected some 220 000 people and destroyed over 20 000 hectares of farm land. Harvest prospects are generally good, except in Nandiana prefecture following reduced precipitation in late September/early October.
The overall food supply situation is satisfactory and markets are generally well supplied, except in the flooded areas and in the southeast where recurrent rebel incursions from Sierra Leone have severely affected agriculture and marketing activities. The overall nutritional situation is reported to be "quite stable" in Upper Guinea in the new camps of Boreah, Kountaya and Telikoro in the Prefectures of Albadaria and Sembakounya where refugees have been relocated from the Parrot's Beak.
The outbreak of violence in neighbouring Lofa County in Liberia has forced many Liberians to become refugees in Guinean border areas near Macenta and N'Zerekore. In addition, there are about 180 000 IDPs in the country, but with the improved security many IDPs have begun to move back to their homes.
|
Wheat |
Rice |
Coarse grains |
Total |
|
|
Previous five years average production
|
- |
721 |
207 |
928 |
|
Previous five years average imports
|
114 |
235 |
1 |
350 |
|
2001 Domestic Availability
|
- |
581 |
230 |
810 |
|
2000 Production (rice in paddy terms)
|
- |
871 |
230 |
1 100 |
|
2000 Production (rice in milled terms)
|
- |
581 |
230 |
810 |
|
Possible stock drawdown
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
2001 Utilization
|
110 |
806 |
241 |
1 157 |
|
Food use
|
107 |
635 |
195 |
937 |
|
of which: local purchase requirement
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Non-food use
|
3 |
131 |
44 |
178 |
|
Exports or re-exports
|
- |
10 |
- |
10 |
|
Possible stock build up
|
- |
30 |
2 |
32 |
|
2001 Import Requirement
|
110 |
225 |
12 |
347 |
|
Anticipated commercial imports
|
97 |
220 |
- |
317 |
|
Food aid needs
|
13 |
5 |
12 |
30 |
|
Current Aid Position
|
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|
Food aid pledges
|
13 |
6 |
12 |
31 |
|
of which: delivered
|
13 |
- |
12 |
24 |
|
Donor-financed purchases
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
of which: for local use
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
for export
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)
|
14 |
85 |
26 |
125 |
|
Indexes
|
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|
2000 Production as % of average:
|
119 |
|||
|
2001 Import requirement as % of average:
|
99 |
