Area:
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823 000 sq.km
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Climate:
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Mostly arid (south-west and coast) or semi-arid. Only north and north-east gets regular rainfall in November-April
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Population:
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1.92 million (2002 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$2 050 (2000)
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Specific characteristics of the country:
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Arid to semi-arid country; cereal production mainly in the north
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Logistics:
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Good road and railway network
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Major foodcrops:
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Millet, maize, sorghum, wheat
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Marketing year:
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May/April;
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Share of cereals in total calorie intake:
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48 percent
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Normal to above-normal rains in February and March benefited the developing 2002 cereal crops. However, precipitation arrived too late to avoid yield reductions of maize crop affected by a prolonged dry spell in January and below normal and erratic precipitation from October to December. The area planted to sorghum and maize was reduced due to insufficient rains at planting time. Latest estimates indicate an area planted to cereals of 216 000 hectares, comprising 195 400 hectares of sorghum and 20 600 hectares of maize. This is 20 percent lower than the reduced level of last year. The output is forecast at 82 000 tonnes, 11 percent below the cereal crop of 2001. The already tight food supply of farmers who gathered a reduced harvest last year, and of vulnerable groups is urban areas, is expected to deteriorate in marketing year 2002/2003 (May/April).
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Wheat |
Rice |
Coarse grains |
Total | |
|
Previous five years average production |
5 |
- |
102 |
107 |
Previous five years average imports |
48 |
- |
95 |
143 |
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2001/02 Domestic Availability |
5 |
- |
118 |
123 |
2001 Production (rice in paddy terms) |
5 |
- |
102 |
107 |
2001 Production (rice in milled terms) |
5 |
- |
102 |
107 |
Possible stock drawdown |
- |
- |
16 |
16 |
|
2001/02 Utilization |
65 |
- |
193 |
258 |
Food use |
61 |
- |
182 |
243 |
of which: local purchase requirement |
- |
- |
2 |
2 |
Non-food use |
3 |
- |
11 |
14 |
Exports or re-exports |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Possible stock build up |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
2001/02 Import Requirement |
60 |
- |
75 |
135 |
Anticipated commercial imports |
60 |
- |
75 |
135 |
Food aid needs |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Current Aid Position |
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Food aid pledges |
- |
- |
- |
- |
of which: delivered |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Donor-financed purchases |
- |
- |
2 |
2 |
of which: for local use |
- |
- |
2 |
2 |
for export |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year) |
32 |
- |
95 |
127 |
Indexes |
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2001 Production as % of average: |
100 | |||
2001/02 Import requirement as % of average: |
94 |
