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

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2 - July 2003 p.34

KENYA

Domestic cereal availability in 2003 is estimated at 3.19 million tonnes against total utilization requirements of 4.7 million tonnes. Thus, total cereal import requirement is estimated at 1.51 million tonnes, of which commercial imports are estimated at 1.2 million tonnes, leaving a food aid requirement of 300 000 tonnes. As of end June, food aid pledges amounted to 104 000 tonnes of which 81 000 tonnes had been delivered.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2002/03 MARKETING YEAR (October/September)
	Wheat	Rice	Coarse Grains	Total Cereals
	[	thousand tonnes		]
Previous year production	252	45	2 993	3 290
Previous five years average production	238	51	2 600	2 889
Previous year imports	577	210	500	1 287
Previous five years average imports	589	114	760	1 463
2002/03 Domestic Availability	272	29	2 886	3 187
2002 Production (rice in paddy terms)	252	45	2 616	2 913
2002 Production (rice in milled terms)	252	29	2 616	2 897
Possible stock drawdown	20	-	270	290
2002/03 Utilization	872	239	3 586	4 697
Food use	837	213	3 198	4 248
Non-food use	35	26	388	449
Exports or re-exports	-	-	-	-
Possible stock build up	-	-	-	-
2002/03 Import Requirement	600	210	700	1 510
Anticipated commercial imports	500	210	500	1 210
of which: received or contracted	83	59	20	162
Food aid needs	100	-	200	300
Current Aid Position
Food aid pledges	80	-	24	104
of which: delivered	61	-	20	81
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	80	80
of which: for local use	-	-	77	77
for export	-	-	3	3
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	26	7	98	131
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2002 Prod. compared to average (rice paddy terms)	106	88	101	101
2002/03 Import requirement compared to average	102	184	92	103
Cereal share of total calorie intake				50
Additional Information
Major foodcrops	maize; wheat; pulses; roots; tubers
Lean season	June-July
Population (000s)	32 522
GNP per capita in 2001 (US$)	350

FAO/GIEWS - July 2003