Agricultural production and foreign trade in agricultural products in selected African countries

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the answers to the questionnaire prepared by the secretariat of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa on production, trade and related values and prices of agricultural commodities as used in the calculation of national accounts. This paper completes, “the preliminary study of quantities and unit values of agricultural commodities at producer prices used in the compilation of national accounts in Africa”, already referred to above and its purpose is to review the data in the light of the questionnaire recently sent to member countries.