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Food costs rise as drought, botched irrigation schemes induce supply deficits

Food costs rise as drought, botched irrigation schemes induce supply deficits

With 90 percent of Rwanda's cropland located on slopes, the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) shows only 63,742 ha were under irrigation as of 2020 — including 37,273 ha of marshlands; 8,780 ha of hillsides, and 17,689 ha of small scale irrigation. The government missed the 2020...