Area: |
2.4 million sq.km |
Climate: |
From north to south, arid, semi-arid and tropical wet-dry. Rainy season: May-October |
Population: |
32.81 million (2002 estimate); GNP per caput: US$320 (2000) |
Specific characteristics of the country: |
Low-income food-deficit country; cereal production mainly in eastern and central areas. |
Logistics: |
Roads, railway and river transport inadequate |
Major foodcrops: |
Sorghum, millet, wheat, roots and tubers, oils |
Marketing year: |
November/October; Lean season: September-October |
Share of cereals in total calorie intake: |
51 percent |
A recent FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission to southern Sudan indicated a generally improved food supply situation compared to last year but estimated an overall deficit in cereal production. Heavy rains in August caused localized flooding and water-logging in low-lying areas, particularly in the east. However the overall advantages of the rainfall, to date, are noted to outweigh the disadvantages.
Despite the improved food supply situation, pockets of food insecurity remain and food assistance requirements will be greater as the fragmentation of the regions and absence of normal trade routes exclude easy movement of grain or cassava flour from surplus to deficit areas.
In central and northern Sudan, harvesting of the 2001 main season cereal crops has just started. Despite the extensive floods that displaced large numbers of people and destroyed crops, overall harvest prospects have improved with some good rains and increased cereal production in the irrigated schemes. An FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission is in the country since mid-November to assess the 2001 main season cereal production and estimate overall commercial imports/exports and food aid requirements in 2002.
|
Wheat |
Rice |
Coarse grains |
Total |
|
|
Previous five years average production
|
386 |
3 |
3 838 |
4 227 |
|
Previous five years average imports
|
963 |
28 |
113 |
1 104 |
|
2001/02 Domestic Availability
|
560 |
3 |
4 630 |
5 193 |
|
2001 Production (rice in paddy terms)
|
560 |
5 |
4 630 |
5 195 |
|
2001 Production (rice in milled terms)
|
560 |
3 |
4 630 |
5 193 |
|
Possible stock drawdown
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
2001/02 Utilization
|
1 860 |
28 |
4 720 |
6 608 |
|
Food use
|
1 474 |
27 |
3 202 |
4 703 |
|
of which: local purchase requirement
|
- |
- |
200 |
200 |
|
Non-food use
|
56 |
1 |
868 |
925 |
|
Exports or re-exports
|
- |
- |
150 |
150 |
|
Possible stock build up
|
330 |
- |
500 |
830 |
|
2001/02 Import Requirement
|
1 300 |
25 |
90 |
1 415 |
|
Anticipated commercial imports
|
1 250 |
25 |
- |
1 275 |
|
Food aid needs
|
50 |
- |
90 |
140 |
|
Current Aid Position
|
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|
Food aid pledges
|
- |
- |
13 |
13 |
|
of which: delivered
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Donor-financed purchases
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
of which: for local use
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
for export
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)
|
45 |
1 |
98 |
143 |
|
Indexes
|
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|
2001 Production as % of average:
|
123 |
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|
2001/02 Import requirement as % of average:
|
128 |
