Area:
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1 259 000 sq.km
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Climate:
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From north to south: arid, semi-arid and tropical wet-dry; rainy season: May-Oct.
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Population:
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7.76 million (2002 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$200 (2000)
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Specific characteristics of the country:
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Low-income food-deficit country; land-locked Sahelian country.
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Logistics:
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Roads inadequate during rainy season
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Major foodcrops:
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Millet and sorghum, roots and tubers, tree nuts
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Marketing year:
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November/October; Lean season: August-September
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Share of cereals in total calorie intake:
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52 percent
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Seasonably dry conditions prevail. Reflecting above-average rains in September, prospects for the secondary sorghum recession crop are good and pastures are abundant.
Favourable growing conditions in 2001 resulted in an excellent cereal crop, estimated by a joint FAO/CILSS Crop Assessment Mission at 1.24 million tonnes, more than one-third higher than the previous year and 16 percent above average.
As a result, the overall food supply situation is satisfactory, specially in the chronically food deficit areas in the Sahelian zone which harvested poor crops in 2000. However, some 143 000 people in the Sudanian zone are at risk of food shortages following floods that affected 144 0000 hectares of arable land.
Import requirement of cereals (wheat and rice) in 2001/02 marketing year (November/October) is estimated at 68 000 tonnes including 13 000 tonnes of food aid.
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Wheat |
Rice |
Coarse grains |
Total | |
|
Previous five years average production |
3 |
112 |
959 |
1 074 |
Previous five years average imports |
57 |
11 |
14 |
82 |
|
2001/02 Domestic Availability |
9 |
77 |
1 122 |
1 207 |
2001 Production (rice in paddy terms) |
4 |
112 |
1 122 |
1 237 |
2001 Production (rice in milled terms) |
4 |
77 |
1 122 |
1 202 |
Possible stock drawdown |
5 |
- |
- |
5 |
|
2001/02 Utilization |
62 |
92 |
1 122 |
1 275 |
Food use |
61 |
78 |
861 |
1 000 |
of which: local purchase requirement |
- |
- |
20 |
20 |
Non-food use |
1 |
13 |
211 |
225 |
Exports or re-exports |
- |
- |
20 |
20 |
Possible stock build up |
- |
- |
30 |
30 |
|
2001/02 Import Requirement |
53 |
15 |
- |
68 |
Anticipated commercial imports |
45 |
10 |
- |
55 |
Food aid needs |
8 |
5 |
- |
13 |
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Current Aid Position |
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Food aid pledges |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
of which: delivered |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
Donor-financed purchases |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
of which: for local use |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
for export |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year) |
8 |
10 |
111 |
129 |
Indexes |
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2001 Production as % of average: |
115 | |||
2001/02 Import requirement as % of average: |
83 |
