The reports includes data and information from State ministries, irrigation schemes, enterprises and to audit such data and information through observational transects, field observations, farmer interviews and independent key informant interviews. The combined quantitative and qualitative information, from both primary and secondary sources, allowed the teams to assess the 2018/19 season’s cereal (sorghum and millet) and other field crop production and to forecast wheat production to be harvested by March 2019. Returning from the field, the teams prepared summaries of data and information acquired during the visits for discussion and explanation in detailed debriefings before inclusion in the final Mission report. Data were compiled by State, crop and sub-sector (irrigated, rainfed mechanized and rainfed traditional) to give the overall area and production estimates. Using these data, a national cereal balance sheet was drawn up comparing the total cereal requirement for the coming marketing year (January-December) with the domestic cereal availability. The balance sheet gives an indication of whether the country is in surplus or deficit with regard to cereals and hence of its import requirements