Why hotels and supermarkets continue to import fresh food

Rwanda, like many African countries, has devised strategies and policies to boost agriculture production over the past year, with the recent being a plan to recapture the domestic market and ease trade deficit. However, the country continues to spend millions of dollars on agro-related imports, especially foodstuffs, from across the world
Rwanda produces a lot of foodstuffs, but some of the supermarket chains and restaurants operating in the country still import food. (File)
Rwanda produces a lot of foodstuffs, but some of the supermarket chains and restaurants operating in the country still import food. (File)
Julius Bizimungu