49. Ir Ec;yr~t, ccttcn experts ueclir.ec Ly 5.3 l,S'82,000 tcr:r.es ir 19EO tc. 1,78b,OOO tcr.r.es ir oe r ce r ·: from 1981. · \/., ry of Gcv<::rr:mer.t ccntrcls ar.ci tearirc a drcn :tr· earnir.qs, farme ·s are s!1iftinc fror.: ccttcr·, to ncre remurerati•;e crcus. Product .on i's ccrcertrated ir. the lcnc-staplc: varietie~:, but of late the ·e has ceero a snift a·.,,.ay frcm lcr.q-staole aLu e:··tra-lcr.c-stuple c ·tton, r:ri Lcipa .Ll y beca U!:ie ti1e der.!a ra f cr si;crt-st.at;le cct t ·n in ccuntrie.s such as the Ur>iteu States h<Jc; been cr· the ir:c.~ease. Furtnern·cre, short-staple ccttcr: rel~uires a n·ucL sr:~aller a•Teaqe thar: the lcr.q-staple variety. The qair:s in prcxiuctivity d<~rived frcr:; qrc\..;ir;q short-staple cotton have also been fcuro tc bP sub­ sta ntia1. 50. I r. r.lal i cot ten production is bei r•c ccrs iste r.tl y .neqlected, r:ot cr.ly because it re<.:uires expersive ir.puts hut c1lso because it has become less prcfitaLle thu.r ether crcps, suc~1 as maize. In the Ce r:tral Africa r. Rer.uLl ic ccttc'n prcducticr, v1hich rcu.chec1 58, 7CO tc m-es in 1970, decl i r:ed to 27, 764 tor.r~s i r• 1980 a rd or;ly 17,600 tonnes in 1982. A project aimed at revivir.q cottcn 45 prcductiolJ with exterrnl assiEtance is new under "lt;ay, ard it is hoped tc raise output to 30,000 tonnes in the 1981/82 season arrl 76,000 tcm;es by 1984/85. Followinq qood <vreather if' 1981 and 1982 cotton prcducticn increased markedly in the Gambia, Seneqal and the Upper Vel ta. 51. Tobacco production in developir;q Africa declir.ed by 20 per cer.t frorr; 320,000 tonnes in 1980 to 256,00.0 tcnnes in 1981. Over the same peria1, the <v:hclesale price index ( 1975 = 100) declined from 162.5 tc 145.9. 52. In Zimbal>\Je, profits in the tobacco industry were of the or­