In Swazilar:d, food output staqnated, and to mitiqate the short­ fall 45,205 tcnnes of maize \Jere it:nported in 1980/81 and 60,000 tonnes in 1981/82. (c) \'lest /\£rica 16. In West Africa the improvement in cereal production resulted from increased output of rna ize and millet, in spite of a slc\v­ dC'vln in rice ar.d wheat production. In contrast, other non­ cer~al fc•od prcducts (livestock and pulses, roots aM tubers) reccrded slower qro..Jth rates in 1901. 17. In Be r:i n, r-·ial i, Se neqa 1 and the Upper Volta, millet a ro s or­ qhurr. production recovered appreciably in 1981/82, mair.:ly because of favourable weat~er. 18. In the Gambia a rrl Se neqal there was a substantial recovery in qrcund-nut prcducticn in 1981/82. In Seneqal the qrourd-nut crop rea cl1ed 883, 700 tcnnes, well up from the 533,400 tcnnes cb­ tair.ed in 1980/81. Apart frcm the fav0urable \-'eather, the 40 per cent increase in producer prices had a far-reachir:q impact in bccstir:q the volume of qrou nd-r:ut production. 19. In N ria, output of crops alone ir::creased by 4.1 per cent in 1981, compared \-lith 5.1 per cent in 1980. The moderate im­ provement \:as due to better crcp yields per a ere a rrl aD expa r>s ior: ir: the cultivated area. 'I'he Goverrmer:t provided farr.1ers with more and better irputs in 1981, incluclinq l million tens of fer­ tilizers, .c~OO tractors a r:d 30,000 tonnes of improved seeds. 20. In t:,e Ivory Coast, local productiot: of rice has been ac­ tively enccuraqed, but sme mar.aqernent problems have beer. encC'un­ tered by the rice promotion aoe rcy, a r:d they have beer. reflected in declirit:q rice collectior:s by the official marketir·q beard. Cor.sequently, quat:tities collected declir-ed frcm 85,300 toz:nes in 1979/80 t::: 63,400 toN,es i r:. 1980/81 and a mere 17, 300 tcrres i r:. 