ILCA Bulletin No. 3 - March 1979

000 million MF 40 million small agricultural crops Agricultural production Argentina Australia balance of payments basic cereal crop beef prices beef/cereal Cameroon Central Africa cents cents/kg Cereal prices CFA francs/kg Coastal areas countries of Central dollars per tonne doubled between 1974 drought duction economic estimated exports export prices external Gabon Ginned cotton fibre groundnuts 60 harvest higher ILCA estimate importing countries increase live animals livestock and meat livestock prices maize Mali Malian economy Malian farmers market prices MARKETED PRODUCTION Mauritania meat imports milk/cereal millet million small ruminants money supply Nigeria number of cattle official slaughtering pressure of demand price ratio prices for beef PRICES IN BAMAKO producer prices producing areas production is esti production rose rainfall region rice Sahel Sahelian countries Sahelian exports Sahelo-Sudanian zone sector Sugar cane supply tonnes p.a. trade unofficial market Upper Volta WEST AFRICA West and Central world prices Zaire