World Wheat Facts and Trends 1995/96

Western and Central Africa CONSUMERS
      Côte      
    Cameroon d'Ivoire Ghana Guinea Mauritania
  General indicators          
1 Estimated population, 1995 (million) 13.2 14.3 17.5 6.7 2.3
2 Estimated growth rate of population,          
  1993-2000 (%/yr) 2.8 3.3 2.9 3 2.5
3 Per capita income 1994 (US $) 680 610 410 520 480
4 Average per capita cereal production, 82 117 100 115 94
  1993-95 (kg/yr)          
5 Growth rate of per capita cereal production, 1985-95 (%/yr) -0.5 1.3 3.8 -0.8 2
             
  Production of wheat and all cereals          
6 Average wheat area harvested,          
  1993-95 (000 ha) … … … … …
7 Average wheat yield, 1993-95 (t/ha) … … … … …
8 Average wheat production 1993-95 (000 t) … … … … …
9 Growth rate of wheat area 1951-66 (%) … … … … …
10 Growth rate of wheat area 1966-77 (%) … … … … …
11 Growth rate of wheat area 1977-1985 (%) … … … … …
12 Growth rate of wheat area 1985-95 (%) … … … … …
13 Growth rate of wheat yield 1951-66 (%) … … … … …
14 Growth rate of wheat yield 1966-77 (%) … … … … …
15 Growth rate of wheat yield 1977-85 (%) … … … … …
16 Growth rate of wheat yield 1985-95 (%) … … … … …
17 Growth rate of wheat production, 1951-66 (%) … … … … …
18 Growth rate of wheat production, 1966-77 (%) … … … … …
19 Growth rate of wheat production, 1977-85 (%) … … … … …
20 Growth rate of wheat production, 1985-95 (%) … … … … …
21 Wheat area as percent of total cereal area (average), 1993-95 (%) … … … … …
22 Average yield of all cereals, 1993-95 (t/ha) 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.1 0.8
23 Growth rate of yield of all cereals,          
  1951-95 (%/yr) 1.2 1.5 0.8 0.9 2.1
             
  Trade and utilization          
24 Average net imports of wheat, 1992-94 (000 t) 246 206 201 107 165
25 Average net imports of wheat per capita,          
  1992-94 (kg/yr) 20 15 12 17 76
26 Average per capita wheat consumption,          
  1992-94 (kg/yr) 22 15 12 17 86
27 Growth rate of per capita wheat consumption, 1985-94 (%/yr) 6.1 -4.5 7.3 2.8 2.5
             
  Prices and input use          
28 Percent of total wheat area under semidwarf wheat varieties, 1994 … … … … …
29 Nitrogen applied per hectare of wheat harvested, 1993-94 (kg nutrients/ha) … … … … …
30 Farm prices of wheat, 1993-94 (US $/ton) … … … … …
31 Ratio of farm level nitrogen price to wheat price, 1993-94 … … … … …
32 Farm wage in kg of wheat per day, 1993-94 … … … … …



Western and Central Africa (cont'd) CONSUMERS Regional
          total or
    Nigeria Senegal Zaire average
  General indicators        
1 Estimated population, 1995 (million) 111.7 8.3 43.9 282.6
2 Estimated growth rate of population,        
  1993-2000 (%/yr) 2.9 2.6 … 2.9
3 Per capita income 1994 (US $)        
4 Average per capita cereal production, 186 127 40 140
  1993-95 (kg/yr)        
5 Growth rate of per capita cereal production, 1985-95 (%/yr) 1.7 -3.2 1.2 0.9
           
  Production of wheat and all cereals        
6 Average wheat area harvested,        
  1993-95 (000 ha) 23 … … 38
7 Average wheat yield, 1993-95 (t/ha) 1.5 ... ... 1.4
8 Average wheat production 1993-95 (000 t) 35 .. .. 54
9 Growth rate of wheat area 1951-66 (%) ... ... ... 6.3
10 Growth rate of wheat area 1966-77 (%) -0.1 ... ... 1.1
11 Growth rate of wheat area 1977-1985 (%) 6.2 ... ... 4.3
12 Growth rate of wheat area 1985-95 (%) 4 ... ... 1.5
13 Growth rate of wheat yield 1951-66 (%) ... ... ... 4.1
14 Growth rate of wheat yield 1966-77 (%) -0.6 ... ... 1.4
15 Growth rate of wheat yield 1977-85 (%) -0.2 … … 1.1
16 Growth rate of wheat yield 1985-95 (%) -2.6 ... ... -0.4
17 Growth rate of wheat production, 1951-66 (%) … … … 10.4
18 Growth rate of wheat production, 1966-77 (%) -0.7 … … -0.3
19 Growth rate of wheat production, 1977-85 (%) 6 … … 5.4
20 Growth rate of wheat production, 1985-95 (%) 1.5 ... ... 1.1
21 Wheat area as percent of total cereal area (average), 1993-95 (%) <1 … <1 <1
22 Average yield of all cereals, 1993-95 (t/ha) 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.9
23 Growth rate of yield of all cereals,        
  1951-95 (%/yr) 1.7 1.4 -0.2 1
      … … …
  Trade and utilization        
24 Average net imports of wheat, 1992-94 (000 t) 1005 188 168 2907
25 Average net imports of wheat per capita,        
  1992-94 (kg/yr) 10 24 4 11
26 Average per capita wheat consumption,        
  1992-94 (kg/yr) 10 25 5 11
27 Growth rate of per capita wheat consumption, 1985-94 (%/yr) 1.8 4.2 -6.6 -0.4
           
  Prices and input use … … … …
28 Percent of total wheat area under semidwarf wheat varieties, 1994 ... ... ... ...
29 Nitrogen applied per hectare of wheat harvested, 1993-94 (kg nutrients/ha) … … … …
30 Farm prices of wheat, 1993-94 (US $/ton) ... ... ... ...
31 Ratio of farm level nitrogen price to wheat price, 1993-94 … … … …
32 Farm wage in kg of wheat per day, 1993-94 ... ... ... ...


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