FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2, July 2003

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2 - July 2003 p.12

ANGOLA

An FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission in June estimated the 2003 cereal production 23 percent above last year’s level reflecting both higher plantings and yields. Cereal import requirements at 709 000 tonnes are below last year as domestic supplies have increased. The annual per capita cereal consumption rate has been increased to reflect higher imports of wheat and rice in the past years and this season’s improved maize production. Food aid requirements remain around last year’s level.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2003/04 MARKETING YEAR (April/March)
	Wheat	Rice	Coarse Grains	Total Cereals
	[	thousand tonnes		]
Previous year production	-	-	546	546
Previous five years average production	4	6	550	560
Previous year imports	366	186	238	790
Previous five years average imports	309	125	179	613
2003/04 Domestic Availability	-	54	642	696
2003 Production (rice in paddy terms)	-	28	642	670
2003 Production (rice in milled terms)	-	19	642	661
Possible stock drawdown	-	35	-	35
2003/04 Utilization	380	156	869	1 405
Food use	380	154	741	1 275
Non-food use	-	2	128	130
Exports or re-exports	-	-	-	-
Possible stock build up	-	-	-	-
2003/04 Import Requirement	380	102	227	709
Anticipated commercial imports	380	90	20	490
of which: received or contracted	-	-	2	2
Food aid needs	-	12	207	219
Current Aid Position
Food aid pledges	-	-	34	34
of which: delivered	-	-	33	33
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	-	-
of which: for local use	-	-	-	-
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	26	10	50	86
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2003 Prod. compared to average (rice paddy terms)	-	467	117	120
2003/04 Import requirement compared to average	123	82	127	116
Cereal share of total calorie intake				32
Additional Information
Major foodcrops	roots; tubers; maize; plantains
Lean season	January-April
Population (000s)	14 769
GNP per capita in 2001 (US$)	500

FAO/GIEWS - July 2003