Agriculture in Burundi
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BURUNDI, 2017/07/16
Increase in Burundi is low, due to the low productivity of the subsistence agriculture on which the majority of the people depends, reveals the analysis presented on 13 July in Bujumbura by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).
On the occasion of the publication of the Burundi profile, the UNECA, which conducted an analysis on economic and social performance in Burundi with a focus on recent developments next the socio-economic crisis of 2015, reported that the country's increase rate was -3.9% in 2015, but is expected to reach 2% by 2017.
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BURUNDI, 2013/05/02
The Cankuzo and Ruyigi marshes have been drained, and the farmers of eastern Burundi are starting to smile again. For years, the small, dried-up tracks of land left this territory with a shortage of food and gain. But the swamps have presently been turned into fertile soil to plant new crops and reap much additional plentiful harvests.
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BOTSWANA, 2013/04/02
Africa frequently experiences food shortages, although its 900 million farmers could feed the continent, inclunding supplying other parts of the world. But for this to happen they need the support of politicians.
