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

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2 - July 2003 p.45

NIGERIA

Aggregate 2002 cereal production has been estimated at about 23 million tonnes, which is average. Cereal import requirements in 2003 marketing year are estimated at about 4 million tonnes, mostly wheat and rice, expected to be covered commercially.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2003 MARKETING YEAR (January/December)
�	Wheat	Rice	Coarse Grains	Total Cereals
�	[	thousand tonnes		]
Previous year production	50	3 367	19 614	23 031
Previous five years average production	49	3 350	19 026	22 425
Previous year imports	2 400	1 840	70	4 310
Previous five years average imports	1 843	1 051	77	2 971
2003 Domestic Availability	50	2 200	19 896	22 146
2002 Production (rice in paddy terms)	50	3 667	19 896	23 613
2002 Production (rice in milled terms)	50	2 200	19 896	22 146
Possible stock drawdown	-	-	-	-
2003 Utilization	2 450	3 900	19 966	26 316
Food use	2 398	3 260	15 859	21 517
Non-food use	52	440	3 978	4 470
Exports or re-exports	-	100	130	230
Possible stock build up	-	100	-	100
2003 Import Requirement	2 400	1 700	70	4 170
Anticipated commercial imports	2 400	1 700	70	4 170
of which: received or contracted	499	135	-	634
Food aid needs	-	-	-	-
Current Aid Position	�	�	�	�
Food aid pledges	-	-	-	-
of which: delivered	-	-	-	-
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	-	-
of which: for local use	-	-	-	-
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	20	27	133	180
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2002 Prod. compared to average (rice paddy terms)	102	109	105	105
2003 Import requirement compared to average	130	162	91	140
Cereal share of total calorie intake	�	�	�	46
Additional Information	�	�	�	�
Major foodcrops	roots; tubers; coarse grains; rice
Lean season	April-May
Population (000s)	119 557	�	�	�
GNP per capita in 2001 (US$)	290	�	�	�

FAO/GIEWS�-�July 2003