tares planted by some 7,776 ne\; qrowers. In all in 1981 137,832 small holders planted 53, 586 hectares of tea. 'l'he drouqht that prevailed in late 1980 a·nd early 1981 adversely affected leaf yields in the small-holder sector. A total of 145,924 tonnes of qree n lea t were produced in 1981 to provide 32, 729 tonnes of made tea. 'I'his output exceeded the 1980 fiqure by 1,711 tonnes, or 5. 5 per cc: r,t. 55. In l'lalawi, tea production ir;creased from 29.9 million kilcqrams in 1980 to 32 million in 1981. Over the same period, the value of tea auctiorted increased from K5.86 million to K6.11 millior .. 4G E/EC.A/C:i. 9/5 56. In 1980/81, qround-nut production in Benin, Mali, Uiqeria and Seneqal declined compared vJith 1979/80. Eic;<,.;ever, production subsequently recovered sharply, a r:d substantial · ani PS were reported in 1981/82 for the Gambia, Ser:eqal ar:cl the Upper Volta. In Niqeria, which used to be the laraest qrourd-r:ut produc~r in Africa, production remained near its all-time low in 1981, at 580,000 tonnes compared to 570,00C tornes in 1980 and 1.7 million tonnes a year on averaqe between 1969 aro 1971. Ir: Mali, produc­ tion of qround-nuts in 1981/82 more or less staqnate,~ at the previous year's level; producer price::; hav~ lcr.q been unremunera­ tive fer farmers, and the increase from 110 tc 130 francs per kilogram introduced for tr:e 1981/82 seasons had net yet produced any effect. 57. Mauritius is one of the larqest suqa r-prcduci nq c<. 11 ntries in the c01·~tine nt; suqa r pla nta tior:s cover some 97, 000 he eta res, 52 per cent of the island 's surface a r.d 92 per ce r't of all la r:d u n­ der cultivation. Prcc:uction rose from 475,494 tonnes iri 198C• to 574,526 tonr.es in 1981. However, this fiqure i:::; sti.ll some 20 