Dr Birungi Korutaro is an agribusiness specialist with more than 14 years of experience in markets development, value chain analysis and development, including formulating agriculture and tourism related investment operations in East and South Africa.
Africa is now the most food import-dependent region in the world, dedicating more than 13 per cent of its import expenditure on food and agricultural commodities, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). How can this trend be reversed?