Price of maize in the region dropped in first quarter of this year, attributed to ample domestic availability and the lifting of an export ban by Tanzania.Data from the East Africa Grain Council shows that the prices of maize, sorghum and rice in the East African Community and the Horn states of Ethiopia and Djibouti went down due to bountiful harvests. East Africa Cross-border Trade, shows that in January, the price of maize in Tanzania was $198 per tonne; $180 in Uganda and $417 in Rwanda. At the end of the quarter, the price had dropped to $174 in Tanzania; $177 in Uganda and $319 in Rwanda.