1981/82. Al thcuqh ~he producer price \-las increased from CFP..F 50 per kilcq::-am it: 1S81 to CFAF 60 in 1982, it "''as still far below thE: interr;:,tional price of CFAF 125. 21. Ir: Si"'rra Leon-e, production of rice (tt.e most impc,rtar:t feed crcp), qrcux:l-nuts, palm kernels ar::d cassava remained staqnar:.t in. 1980/81. Prcqress \lith the Crash Rice Prcqranrne, ir:.trcduced it: 34 E/ECA/CM.9/5 .t-;arch 1980 vJith the inter.tion of elimimtinq Si~rra Leone's dep€~ncer~ce on imported rice throuch intensive local rice produc­ tion, has been disappointjnq. Only 10,803 of the CO,OOO acres scheduled tc be planted in 1980 \:ere actually planted; ar: addi­ tional 4,841 acres were planted ir. 1980/81. The Gc'Jernment has had to continue to subsidize rice imports, which were estimated at 42,493 tonnes durinq 1980/81. (d) Central Africa 22. Here the slow-down in the rate cf qrov1th in feed production vtas not quite so marked as in Ncrth Africa. Cereal prcduction declined substantially, 1arqely as a result of a slovr-dcwn in the qrO\vth rate for raaize, millet and rice. Rises in cassava produc­ tion in 1981 v1ere at best. marqim1 in the Central African Repul:.::l ic, the Conqo and the United Republic of Cameroon. 23. In the United Republic of Cameroon food imports have been steadi1 y ctecreasi r1q over the past three years, ma i r:ly as a result cf increased production of practically all food items. In countries such as Anqola, in cor'trast, fccxJ production \las con­ strained by a severe drouqht in 1981. Virtually all crops in the main producir;q areas were destroyed, and the Anqolan r.~aize har­ vest ir: 1981 ·.vas estimated at 18,000 tonnes compared \:ith 700,000 tonnes in 1973 and 198,000 tcnrJ(~S in 1978. (~) Great Lakes countries 24. In Burundi, Rwanda arrl Zaire the increase in the qrcwth rate 