Banana in RwandaThe top cash and food crops in Rwanda are bananas. By the fifteenth century, as a result of commercial interactions with Swahili states of East Africa, banana had been introduced from China and Indonesia to Rwanda by way of Indian Ocean.
They are grown year round by small scale farmers. Banana consumption in Rwanda is one of the highest in world.
According to report from the Food and Agriculture Organization, bananas are traditionally preserved or fermenting the dried products and in particular, flour belong the most important nutritionally, although beer is also a major product in Uganda and Rwanda where the utilization of green banana is particularly high.
Because they receive moderate rainfall throughout the year, prefectures such as Cyangugu, Gisenyi, Kibuye, Kibungo, and Kigali are traditionally banana producers.Everywhere across the country, bananas also used for brewing beer as well as for cooking. They also provide a small income for the growers. Cheaper sources of food are purchased from the proceeds of the sale of banana beer.
Banana in Rwanda
