Preface -- An Overview -- Historical Setting -- Economic and Financial Conditions Bearing on Agriculture, 1960-1985 -- The Agricultural Sector -- Agriculture in the Congolese Economy -- Agronomic and Engineering Aspects -- Agricultural Performance -- Agricultural Marketing -- The Rural Milieu -- The Farming Systems -- Farmers' Organizations: The Cooperatives -- Small Farmers' Participation in the Economy -- Problems and Prospects -- Constraints to Agriculture and Rural Development -- Supporting Agriculture and Rural Development -- Appendixes -- Administrative Division in the Congo -- Population Pyramid -- Ratio of Men Per 100 Women -- Appendix 2.1 -- Financial Operations of State Enterprise in Agriculture* (in thousands of CFAF) -- Organization of Ministry of Agriculture and Husbandry -- Organizational Chart of OCC -- Evolution of Rainfall, 1979-1983 -- Soil Classification -- The RNTP Organization Chart -- Equipment Needed for the Road Work in the Plateaux Region -- Necessary Equipment and Deficit for the Road Work in the Plateaux Region -- Value of Agro-Industrial Products (In Million CFAF) -- Consumer Price Index For Brazzaville, 1973-1982 January 1964 = 100 -- Distribution of Rural Population, Number of Holdings and Areas Under Cultivation (1973 Census) -- Rice Production by Regions (tons) -- Organizational Structure of the Co-operatives -- Illustration of Extension Services: Farmers' Accounting -- Public Investment in Transportation 1982-1986 Plan -- Agriculture and Rural Development: Selected Projects -- Exchange Rates -- List of Abbreviations -- The People's Republic of the Congo: Basic Data.