frcr.1 18 li1illicr; baqs ir: 19BO tc 23 r.1i1liol" baqs ir. 1981. Ir Bot.s\Iana, net or1y \Jas ti1ere a bumper maize crcr·, but the cattle ctf-tahe clinr·ed bacK tc 20::!,000 ir. 1981 coJTJpared with 140,783 ir 1980 ard 2/8,9(1 ir: 1~7g. Ir. 1-ialavi, Uqaroa and Zimbabwe maize J•r<.Jductior rose apPreciably ir 1981/8? ever the 1980/81 level. 13. In ~Jad<.~oascar, crc:n prociucticr~ \:as in qeneral affected ir 1981 · by re r>evJed u rouqht and reaucec supplies of seed a Pi fer­ tilizers. Prccucticn of rice -the r:>rir:cipal staple focd -fell diqhtly l:elo\: the yenrly aver<•ae of 2 ni1licr: tcnnes attaired ir· the past tew years. Abcut 175,000 tor.r.es cf rice had tc be im­ J•Orted in 1gs1 tc sutisfv urb<ll• demarxL Cultivated areas in thE' ~outh-\iest \Jere attacked by ;,£rica r. mic:rn tory 1 ccusts, further s••arms of which were expected tc forr. ard move to.1arcs the nortl and r.c·rth-east. areas cf t.he island. 14. lr: Lesothc, yields n rrl over-all feed :rroduction \vere rnuc; lc\ver it; 1981/82, mainly as a result of the drouqht ir Apri: 1Y82. In the Uniteu Republic of Tar.znnia, bad weather, po<~ 33 E/ECA/Ct--1. 9/5 farmirq methods and problems related to the procurement ar:rl dis­ tribution of aqricul tural inputs were amonq the factors behind the qer:era · decrease in food production. The resultinq serious food shortctqe r;ecessitated massive imports cf foodstuffs. A to­ tal of 122,000 tonnes of maize, 45,000 tor:nes of rice am 23,600 tonnes of \/heat 'vlere imported bebveen Jar;uary ar:rl November 1981, compared with 176,000 tonres altoqether in 1980. 15. In Mozambique, the 1961 rice crops \las lower than in 1980 fell ci•;i nq C.:iseases and serious harvest delays in the south, and heavy rains before and durinq harvesting in Zambezia provir::ce. 