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Table 8: Types of Response to FAO Questionnaires in Africa (2005-2011)
No. of Count.Production Trade Prices Land Fertilizer Pesticides Machinery
African Group 17 6/71/23 12/35/53 24/71/5 53/41/6 35/47/18 53/47/0 41/59/0
Benin I F N N N N N
Burkina Faso I I I I I I I
Cameroon I F I I I I I
Chad I I N I N N N
Côte d'Ivoire F F I N I N N
Gabon N I N N I N N
Gambia F F I I F I I
Guinea I I I N I I N
Guinea-
Bissau
I N I N N N N
Mali F I F I I I I
Mozambique I I I N N I I
Niger I F I F F I I
Nigeria I F I N I N I
Senegal F F I I F N I
Sierra Leone I N N N N N N
Togo I F I I I I I
Uganda I F I N N N I
Arab Group 9 33/11/56 33/11/56 33/22/45 44/22/34 44/44/12 44/56/0 67/33/0
Algeria F F I I I I I
Comoros N N N N N I N
Djibouti N N N N N N N
Egypt F F F F F N I
Libya N N N N N N N
Mauritania I F F N N I N
Morocco F F F F I I N
Sudan F I I F I N N
Tunisia F F F I I I I
COMCEC
Average
26 15/50/35 19/27/54 27/54/19 50/34/16 38/46/6 50/50/0 50/50/0
AFCAS
Average
52 15/56/29 19/23/48 35/48/17 50/40/10 40/48/12 58/42/0 54/44/2
Note1: N: Never reporting: Countries that have never reported data to FAO; I: Irregularly reporting: Countries
that reported to FAO no more than 4 out of 7 times in the 2005-2011 period; or no more than 2 out of 4 times
for pesticides and machinery; and F: Frequently reporting: Countries that reported to FAO regularly, for at
least 5 out of 7 years in the 2005-2011 period (at least 3 out of 4 years for machinery and pesticides).
Note2: In the averages a/b/c Numbers denote the percentages of N, I and F respectively.
Source: FAO, 2013a.