extremely so, if compared with the experience of other countries in similar situations. As Table 4 indicates, by 1984-85 almost all the main crops had recovered pre-revolutionary levels and in many cases (such as coffee, sugar, rice and agriculture) considerably surpassed them. The three products that failed to recover were cotton, beef and milk, the first because of poor world prices and high costs, the latter two because of the indiscriminate slaughter during the 1978-79 insurrection which would take ten years to replace. However, supply was very badly affected by the war from 1983 onwards, particularly coffee, maize and beans (produced in the war zones) while the foreign exchange shortages also affected the output of import-dependent crops such as sugar and cotton. The general lack of 'business confidence', logical under the circumstances, also had a negative effect. The main achievement, therefore, was to maintain a reasonable level of production at all.

DOI link for extremely so, if compared with the experience of other countries in similar situations. As Table 4 indicates, by 1984-85 almost all the main crops had recovered pre-revolutionary levels and in many cases (such as coffee, sugar, rice and agriculture) considerably surpassed them. The three products that failed to recover were cotton, beef and milk, the first because of poor world prices and high costs, the latter two because of the indiscriminate slaughter during the 1978-79 insurrection which would take ten years to replace. However, supply was very badly affected by the war from 1983 onwards, particularly coffee, maize and beans (produced in the war zones) while the foreign exchange shortages also affected the output of import-dependent crops such as sugar and cotton. The general lack of 'business confidence', logical under the circumstances, also had a negative effect. The main achievement, therefore, was to maintain a reasonable level of production at all.

extremely so, if compared with the experience of other countries in similar situations. As Table 4 indicates, by 1984-85 almost all the main crops had recovered pre-revolutionary levels and in many cases (such as coffee, sugar, rice and agriculture) considerably surpassed them. The three products that failed to recover were cotton, beef and milk, the first because of poor world prices and high costs, the latter two because of the indiscriminate slaughter during the 1978-79 insurrection which would take ten years to replace. However, supply was very badly affected by the war from 1983 onwards, particularly coffee, maize and beans (produced in the war zones) while the foreign exchange shortages also affected the output of import-dependent crops such as sugar and cotton. The general lack of 'business confidence', logical under the circumstances, also had a negative effect. The main achievement, therefore, was to maintain a reasonable level of production at all.