by the Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook (1982) — Benin (1982 |noyear)
“ ECONOMY GNP: $1,139.5 million (1980) , $286 per capita; 5.7% real growth during 1980 Agriculture: major cash crop is oil palms; peanuts, cotton, coffee, sheanuts, and tobacco also produced commercially; main food crops—corn, cassava, yams, rice, sorghum and millet ”
