deficit increased aqain in 1980. Over the fc.ur years, milk ac­ counted for 67 per cent cf the total deficit, while fresh, chil­ led cr frozen meat aPd cattle acccur:ted fer 20 and 12 per cent respectively. 66. t-leanwhile, scme countries in develcpinq Africa are wcrkinq hard to make full use cf their livestock wealth. Fer ir:star.ce, in Botswa m, which has the larqest meat prccessi r:c; a r:d ma 1·~eti r;q orqanization in Africa, two r.e\1 abattoirs are under ccnstructicn at Haun and Fra ncistov1n. With a r: estirna teJ. a r;nual thrcuqhput of abcut 110,000 head, the abattoirs are expected tc ir:crease tctal expert slauc;hter capacity by about 47 per cent frcm 225,000 tc 330,000 a year. Nean1hile, the Bctsvrara \'accir:e Ir•stitute \vas officially irauqurated in Octc.ber 1981. There is sccpe fer ex­ pandinq its initial capacity of 21 millicn monovalent doses a year to SO will i en to supply the expert na rket. I r. the Gar..bia, the livestock population has continued tc iricrease as a result of the proqramme cf reqular and well-supervised r..ass vacciraticn ar:d disease control ir: the fielu. In lSBl/82, the Livestcck Ear}~et­ inq Board siqned a second ccr:tract tc suFply breedirq stcck tc Gabcn, while mair:tairino its expert trade uraer a similar ccr:­ tract with the Niqerian Gcverrrr.erlt. As a result the ever-all tradir:q turnover of the Eoard rose tc 2,611,217 dalasis ir. 1981/82, 13 per cent liqher thar: in 1980/81. 67. In Mali, the herds are reccveriDq frcm the 1972/73 Sahel drouqht ar:d are practically Lack tc their ncrn,al size. The live­ stock sector enjoys hiqh priority ir: the 1~80-1925 plar;, >Jhich ir.cludes projects ccstinq a tctal of 58.3 nillicn frar:cs. ~he Goverrment inter:J.s to concentrate en suppcrt tc prcducers tc irr.­ prcve their exploitaticr methcds, provide tecln•ical assistarce 