The food and agricultural situation in Africa

Abstract

In Kenya drought sharply reduced the maize crop, causing famine conditions in some areas, towards the relief of which surplus maize was donated by the United States. In the rest of east Africa the effects of the drought were less servere, but some food products wera in short supply in Uganda and thera were crop failures in parts of Tanganyika. ^ Coffee and sisal production increased substantially in Kenya, reflecting the progress of 'African production under the Swynnerton Plan. In Uganda coffee production was a record, but the output of cotton, the other main export, fell slightly. Tanganyika's output of coffee increased, but sisal and cotton showed little change.