text: -3 Source: Government of Ghana. y Annual average exchange rates for I US 1983: 30.00 cedisr 1984: 50 cedisr April 1985: p/ Preliminary actuals. g/ original budget estimates-dollar: 1978-I982: 53 cedis.2.75 cedisrA/ 40 / 44L English Page 48 3. Review of selected sectors I21' rn 1983 agricultural. production was disappointing, largely owing to droughtand bushfires' cocoa production, for example, was adversely affected by bush fireswhich destroyed an estimated 300,000 hectares of cocoa farms. cocoa pro<luctionduring Ehe 1982/83 season was estimated at about l7g,0oo tonnes compared to220,000 tonnes in the LggI/82 season. Targets set for the other major food cropssuch as maizer rice, cassava and plantain were not achieved. Food suppry wassluggish during the first half of the year. overall food shortages wereexacerbated by the sudden return of I million Ghanaians expelled from Nigeria. TheGovernment had to import commercially substantial amounts of grains in addition tofood donations received from birateral and multiraterar sources. L22. Cocoa production in the 1984/85 crop year was estimated at 190,000-200'000 tons' During 1984 assistance was available to the Government for provisionof inputs and raw materials to the cocoa sector and for the financing of essentialimports for agriculture. A technical assistance grant from the united NationsDeveJ.opment Programme (UNDP) assisted in the reorganization of the management,finance and accounting system of the cocoa Board in order to increase the Boardrsefficiency in its cocoa evacuation, distribution and marketing functions.subsequently, an rnternational Development Association (rDA) credit was granted forthe rehabilitation of the cocoa sector. 123' The timber sector, although encouraged by the depreciation of the cedi and theretention by exporters of 20 per cent of export earnings was constrained byshortages of equipment, smuggling and port capacity to handle exports. Theseproblems htere receiving attention and the sector was benefiting from rehabilitationcredits.
analysis: The text primarily discusses the economic performance of Ghana, specifically in the sectors of agriculture, forestry, and fishing, as well as international trade. It also touches on the impact of drought and bushfires on agricultural production, and the government's efforts to provide assistance to the cocoa sector. The text does not mention other categories such as education, health, employment, culture, or science and technology.