Sub-Saharan Africa: Review of Agriculture in 1981 and Outlook for 1982

摘要

Total agricultural production in Sub-Saharan Africa in 1981 was 4.3 percent above 1980. Per capita output was stable but still 11 percent below the 1969-71 base year. The 1981 harvest in Southern Africa was marked by record corn output in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Malawi. South African exports reached record levels. In East Africa, however, Tanzania experienced its third consecutive year of drought and corn imports were high. Refugees and war continued to strain the economies of Ethiopia and Somalia. In Sub-Saharan Africa as a whole, oil importing countries did not experience any noticeable easing of pressure on meager foreign exchange, even with steady and in some cases lower world oil prices.