High tariffs drive Africans to shop for food abroad
A UN-chartered ship loaded with 23,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat destined for Ethiopia when it arrived in Djibouti on August 30, 2022. PHOTO | HUGH RUTHERFORD | WFP | AFP
High tariffs on agricultural produce are stifling intra-Africa trade, leaving countries to import food from Europe, America and Asia, rather than from African peers.
Yet there is a need to feed 2.2 billion people by 2050, while addressing Africa’s $60 to $80 billion annual food import bill.
