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10 AGROINDUSTRIAL PROJECT ANALYSISTable 1-2 (continued)AfricaCountry Agroindustry NonagroindustryKenya1954 60.3 39.71967-69 51.7 48.3Nigeria1950 78.2 21.81967-68 67.3 32.7Source: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO),Growth of World Industry, vol. 2 (New York, 1973), except data on CostaRica, from Fernando Caldas, "Consideraciones sobre las agroindustrias enCosta Rica" (UNIDo, August 1976; processed).Table 1-3. Value Added and Processed Food Salesin Developing Countries, 1975(U.S. dollars)Value added perPer capita processedfood salesemployee in foodDeveloping and beverage Total Urbancountry industry population populationLow-income 667 17 53Middle-income 3,607 48 112High-income 7,504 158 252Source: United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations, "TransnationalCorporations in Food and Beverage Processing," unedited version,ST/CTC/19 (New York, 1980), p. 182.A further indicator of the importance of agroindustries withinthe manufacturing sector is their employment-generating capacity.In developing countries in 1975, 9,734,000 people were engaged inthe food and beverage industries alone; excluding fiber-processingagroindustries, this figure constitutes 18.9 percent of all the jobsin the manufacturing sector. 1 5 The annual average growth rate inemployment in these jobs between 1970 and 1975 was 6.3 per-15. United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations, "TransnationalCorporations in Food and Beverage Processing," unedited version, ST/CTC/19 (New York, 1980), p. 7.