The participants in the regional consultation meeting on food and nutrition situation in the Sahel and West Africa, held in Accra from 29 to 31 March 2016 as part of the regional Food Crisis Prevention and Management (PREGEC) mechanism , arrived at the following conclusions: 1. The production trends that were announced in November 2015 are confirm ed. Thus, cereal production is estimated at 64 .4 million tonnes, representing 5% and 13% increases respectively compared to last year (2014 - 2015) and the last five - year (2010 - 2014)average. However, production declines are recorded in Burkina Faso ( - 7%) , Gui nea Bissau ( - 8%) and Chad ( - 9%) relative to the five - year average. Regarding tubers, production levels estimated at 157 million tonnes are also above the average of the past five (5) years. The same holds true for cash crops including groundnuts with 8. 4 mil lion and cowpea with 5. 5 million and se same with 673.000 metric tonnes .
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