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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0.815 million (2002 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$380 (2000)
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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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Major foodcrops:
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Rice, roots, tubers, bananas and coconuts
|
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, fully covered by commercial imports.
|
Wheat |
Rice |
Coarse grains |
Total | |
|
Previous five years average production |
- |
3 |
4 |
7 |
Previous five years average imports |
6 |
40 |
- |
46 |
|
2002 Domestic Availability |
- |
2 |
4 |
6 |
2001 Production (rice in paddy terms) |
- |
3 |
4 |
7 |
2001 Production (rice in milled terms) |
- |
2 |
4 |
6 |
Possible stock drawdown |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
2002 Utilization |
6 |
42 |
4 |
52 |
Food use |
6 |
40 |
2 |
48 |
of which: local purchase requirement |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Non-food use |
- |
2 |
2 |
4 |
Exports or re-exports |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Possible stock build up |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
2002 Import Requirement |
6 |
40 |
- |
46 |
Anticipated commercial imports |
6 |
40 |
- |
46 |
Food aid needs |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Current Aid Position |
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Food aid pledges |
- |
- |
- |
- |
of which: delivered |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Donor-financed purchases |
- |
- |
- |
- |
of which: for local use |
- |
- |
- |
- |
for export |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year) |
7 |
49 |
3 |
59 |
Indexes |
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2001 Production as % of average: |
100 | |||
2002 Import requirement as % of average: |
100 |
