Lesotho: Actual vs. Normal Monthly Rainfall, September 2001-March 2002
Total Cereal Production (tonnes) in 2001/02 compared to 2000/01 Mission Estimates
| |
Percent change of
2001/02 from 2000/01
|
| Butha-Buthe |
-39 |
| Leribe
|
-43 |
| Berea
|
-13 |
| Maseru
|
-36 |
| Mafeteng
|
-25 |
| Mohale's Hoek |
+8 |
| Quthing
|
-45 |
| Qacha's Nek
|
-28 |
| Mokhotlong
|
+27 |
| Thaba-Tseka |
+6 |
| LESOTHO |
-33 |
Prices of 80 Kg Bags of Sifted and Un-sifted Maize (June 2001/May 2002)
Lesotho: Cereal Balance Sheet for 2002/03 (‘000 tonnes)
| |
Maize |
Wheat |
Sorghum |
Total |
| Domestic availability |
41.5 |
27.1 |
5.2 |
73.8 |
| Opening stock |
7.0 |
13. |
0.0 |
20.0 |
| Domestic production |
34.5 |
14.1 |
5.2 |
53.8 |
| Total utilization |
283.0 |
93.5 |
35.7 |
412.2 |
| Food use |
281.0 |
92.8 |
35.4 |
409.2 |
| Feed and seed use and losses
|
2.0 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
3.0 |
| Import requirements |
241.5 |
66.4 |
30.5 |
338.4
|
| Anticipated commercial imports
|
125.0 |
66.4 |
0.0 |
191.4 |
| Food aid
|
116.5 |
0.0 |
30.51/
|
147.0
|
|
