does net ccme to the aid of the private sector tc the extent necessary to remove obstacles tc raisi nq productivity, par­ ticularly where aqriculture is beir-q carried cut in small farr:1s. 84. Other efforts tc raise the level cf aqricul tu ral Ot.;tput ir. developir:q Africa are to be fcur:;d in the villaqizatior: c:f rural car.raunities. This developr:~er:t drive has, hc\Jever, met with cr~y limited success. 85. In Burundi, fer example, a reqroupir.q cf the rural popula­ tion intc 250-tc-500-family uqqlcmeraticnf:: has net been entirely successful, rna ir:ly because the rural pc_~:.:ula ticn did r:ct react favourat.ly tc the move~ the vast majority cf therr. are r.:luctant to leave their traditioral lands. Ir; the Ccr.qc, tb.: nev. feature of the Goverrmer:t 's aqricultural pclicy ir. 1S82 v1as the creation of 150 villaqe cer:tres of betV~•een 500 ard 2,000 ithabit<::nts and the prevision of '.Ja ter supply, electricity, f ccd-f;tcckir:q facilities, schccls ard disper.saries just as ir: th:: Ur.ited Republic of Ta r.zu r:.ia 's ujar.Jaa villaqes. Hcvever, it is tee early to ccnunent or. the merits cf tLis ne\1 aJ::tprcach. Ir Zain:, a new prcqramme in 1980-1S81 ccvered 65 selecteu zc-res, ani the Gcven:­ rr.ent has subsec;_uer.tly urC:ertaken r:easures tc imJ=rcve reads as well as expeditir.q t}1e privat.izaticr of several aqricult.:ral en­ terprises which are ccr.cerre<."i >lith prcductior.' arc distrit...Jtion. 8G. The Rural Cevelcpmert Prc'Qran:r:·e ir: S\:azilar.c is the major vehicle fer pursui r.a the sectoral qwls of icc rea s i 1~0 prc'<iuction ar:d ir:ccme as uell as the \iEll-beir.q cf the pcpulc:.ticr. in rural areas. Hc~t~ever, firar.cial allccatie-r:s have laqqer: ccr:si.derably behind the buciqet ar:c plan apprcnriaticrs, mairly l.Jccause cf shcrt-ccr.it.qs in the cc-crdir.Dtir.q n:ir,istrit:!s. lH1 exar.1ir.::.tior: of the capital budaet fer this sector reveals that more thar; 60 per 