basic foods. The recorci surplus of 1. 5 milli ~·n tonnes of durra ar1c 0.5 nillicr tcr:nes of qrour.d-nuts in 1'81 is an enviable achievement by any star:uar<is. Another major ;,chievement in the Sucian in 1981/87 v1as the conpletion of th•! Rahad irriqated pr0ject, which adoed s C'!'ne 125, 000 hectares to t. 1e total irriqa ted farm area an(! earned $85 million of foreiqn exc·,anqe. (b) Eastern anr1 Ecutl.E=rn Africa 10. In this subreqion cereal pra'iucticn inc ·ease(] by 5.4 per cer.t in 1981. The qrewth rate ";as particularly marked in respect cf r.1a ize, but vas pi:l rtl y cffset by the sl CV.'·?r qrO\·Jth rates i r. r.iillet ar:d ·vd1eat anu neqative qrO\Jth rates in barley and rice. Non-cereal f ocd prcducts -roots and tubers, pulses, veqetable oils ar:d livestcch -siqnificantly contributed to the increase. 11. In Zambia, tor ir>stnnce, the value of marketed aaricultural output increased by 9.8 per cent in renl terms in 1981 compared \:iti1 an increase of 3·.4 per cent in lSBO ar.d a decrease of 11.8 per cent in 1979. The most ir.tpressive cchiever.ter:t in crop prociucti on v.ras reccrcJeci by rna ize, output of \. hich increased f rem 3!32,SDC tcnnes in 1980 to 704,770 tor:neE in 1981. Naize elivt-.lies tc NJ..l'ii.:O."-.RD ard the co-operative utior~, which anourt­ ed tu 4.2 ITiillior baqs ir 1980, rose tc 7.8 millior, baqs ir 1981. 'TlH::'re were alsc ircreases in qrourd-r:ut, sunflower, seed cotter•, wheat anJ rice prcducticr il" 1981. The upward adjustmert i1 producer prices was the mair: contributory factor. 1_2. lr. Kenya, qcod .,,eather acccmpar:ied l:y ir.creasec producer prices prrn~ptell a strcnc. recovery i r. output. Recorded narketec~ cutput rose by 9.5 per cent at current prices in 1981. Produc­ tion of Jttajor food crops, especially r::aize, recovere0 apprecial:'ly from the la; level of 1980. The maize crcp rose by 28 per cer,t 