Overall yield prospects for sorghum and millet are good in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ghana, Niger, Senegal, Mali and Nigeria, where outputs of +2% to +10% above the 5 yr average are anticipated. However there are local differences within these countries. In Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, the overall yield prospects are also positive with an estimated surplus of about +3% relative to the 5 yr mean. In Ivory Coast and Togo the conditions are also good. In Liberia, Central African Republic and Sierra Leone crop yield prospects are close to average or

Overall yield prospects are good in Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Mali and Senegal where outputs of +4% to +6% above the 5 yr average are anticipated. However there are local differences within these countries. In Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo, the overall yield prospects are also positive with an estimated surplus of about +2% to +4% relative to the 5 yr mean. In Liberia, Gabon, Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea crop yield prospects are slightly below average (=B1 - 2%), and less than 2007 yields.

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Overall yield prospects are good in Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali and Senegal where outputs of +4% to +8% above the 5 yr average are anticipated. However there are local differences within these countries. In Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo, the overall yield prospects are also positive with an estimated surplus of about +4% relative to the 5 yr mean. In Liberia, Gabon, Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea crop yield prospects are slightly below average (=B1 -2%), and less than 2007 yields

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