Africa Report - No. 3 December 2005

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.3 - December 2005 p.57

UGANDA

Domestic cereal availability in the 2005 marketing year (January/December) is estimated at 2.44 million tonnes against total utilization requirement of about 2.66 million tonnes. The cereal import requirement is thus estimated at 227 000 tonnes. With commercial imports anticipated at 80 000 tonnes, there is a food aid requirement of 147 000 tonnes. As of mid-November, food aid pledges amounted to 191 000 tonnes, of which 90 000 tonnes had been delivered.

CEREAL SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCE FOR THE 2005 MARKETING YEAR (January/December)
	Wheat	Rice	Coarse Grains	Total Cereals
	[	thousand tonnes		]
Previous year production (incl. paddy rice)	12	109	2 290	2 411
Previous five years average production (incl. paddy rice)	12	109	2 154	2 275
Previous year imports	50	50	119	219
Previous five years average imports	54	43	73	170
2005 Domestic Availability	22	93	2 320	2 435
2004 Production (incl. paddy rice)	12	140	2 320	2 472
2004 Production (incl. milled rice)	12	93	2 320	2 425
Possible stock drawdown	10	-	-	10
2005 Utilization	72	133	2 457	2 662
Food use	71	133	1 812	2 016
Non-food use	1	-	245	246
Exports or re-exports	-	1	380	381
Possible stock build up	-	-	20	20
2005 Import Requirement	50	40	137	227
Anticipated commercial imports	30	40	10	80
of which: received or contracted	1	27	-	28
Food aid needs	20	-	127	147
Current Aid Position
Food aid pledges	107	3	81	191
of which: delivered	14	3	73	90
Donor-financed purchases	-	-	112	112
of which: for local use	-	-	112	112
for export	-	-	-	-
Estimated Per Caput Consumption (kg/year)	3	5	68	76
Indexes	[	percentage		]
2004 Production compared to average (incl. paddy rice)	100	128	108	109
2005 Import requirement compared to average	93	93	188	134
Cereal share of total calorie intake				21
Additional Information
Major foodcrops	roots; tubers; plantains; pulses; maize; millet; sorghum
Lean season	April-May
Population (000s)	26 677
GNI per capita in 2004 (US$)	270

FAO/GIEWS - December 2005