FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.1, April 2001 COMOROS 10

COMOROS

Area:

2 200 sq.km

Climate:

Tropical wet-dry; one hot rainy season with cyclone probability; June-October dry and cool

Population:

0.785 million (2001 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$350 (1999)

Specific characteristics of the country:

Low-income food-deficit country; archipelago of four small islands

Logistics:

-

Major foodcrops:

Rice, roots, tubers, bananas and coconuts

Marketing year:

January/December

Share of cereals in total calorie intake:

44 percent

CURRENT SITUATION

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, largely covered by commercial imports.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2001 MARKETING YEAR (in thousand tonnes)

Wheat Rice Coarse grains Total

Previous five years average production - 3 4 7

Previous five years average imports 6 39 - 45

2001 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 - - - -

2001 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 - - - -

2001 Import Requirement 6 40 - 46

Anticipated commercial imports 6 40 - 46

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) 8 51 3 61

Indexes

2001 production as % of average: 100

2001 import requirement as % of average: 102

FAO/GIEWS - April 2001

Area:	2 200 sq.km
Climate:	Tropical wet-dry; one hot rainy season with cyclone probability; June-October dry and cool
Population:	0.785 million (2001 estimate); G.N.P. per caput: US$350 (1999)
Specific characteristics of the country:	Low-income food-deficit country; archipelago of four small islands
Logistics:	-
Major foodcrops:	Rice, roots, tubers, bananas and coconuts
Marketing year:	January/December
Share of cereals in total calorie intake:	44 percent

	Wheat	Rice	Coarse grains	Total
Previous five years average production	-	3	4	7
Previous five years average imports	6	39	-	45
2001 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	-	-	-	-
2001 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	-	-	-	-
2001 Import Requirement	6	40	-	46
Anticipated commercial imports	6	40	-	46
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)	8	51	3	61
Indexes
2001 production as % of average:				100
2001 import requirement as % of average:				102