IMPERIAL INSTITUTE HANDBOOKS

THE AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST
PRODUCTS OF BRITISH WEST AFRICA

IMPERIAL INSTITUTE SERIES OF HANDBOOKS TO THE COMMERCIAL RESOURCES OF THE TROPICS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BRITISH WEST AFRICA

ISSUED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY
OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES

EDITED BY

WYNDHAM R. DUNSTAN, C.M.G., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S

DIRECTOR OF THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE; PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE

WEST AFRICA

Territory held by Great Britain under Mandate is hatched in Red.

Stanford’s Geog^l. Estab^t., London.

[(Large-size)]

IMPERIAL INSTITUTE HANDBOOKS

THE
AGRICULTURAL AND
FOREST PRODUCTS OF
BRITISH WEST AFRICA

BY
GERALD C. DUDGEON, C.B.E.
LATELY CONSULTING AGRICULTURIST AND DIRECTOR-GENERAL
OF AGRICULTURE IN EGYPT; PREVIOUSLY INSPECTOR OF
AGRICULTURE FOR BRITISH WEST AFRICA

WITH A PREFACE BY
WYNDHAM R. DUNSTAN, C.M.G., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.
DIRECTOR OF THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE

SECOND EDITION

WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1922

THEAGRICULTURAL ANDFOREST PRODUCTS OFBRITISH WEST AFRICA

THE
AGRICULTURAL AND
FOREST PRODUCTS OF
BRITISH WEST AFRICA