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Burundi is a net food importer, with food accounting for 13% of imports in 2003. The main cash crop is coffee, which accounted for some 80% of exports in 2004. This dependence on coffee has increased Burundi's vulnerability to fluctuations in seasonal yields and international coffee prices.
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Most food is boiled, stewed or roasted over wood fire. Meals in Bujumbura’s hotels are reasonable, but expensive and of fairly average quality. The French, Greek and Asian restaurants in the town are good. There are few restaurants outside the capital and Gitega. ... View Burundi Photos...
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The Burundi food mainly constitutes plaintains, beans, sweet potatoes, cabbage and tubers. The people of Burundi enjoy having ugali. Ugali is prepared by boiling cassava flour in water and making a paste of it. ... Burundi Food Traditions...
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Burundi is situated in Central Africa and has a territory full of mountains, savannas and agricultural fields, with forests in the surrounding of rivers and waters. Agriculture is spread on 80 % of the country’s surface and it especially includes coffee, tea, corn, beans and manioc. ... Burundi- Cooking and Food<h2>
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Browse worldrover's selection of recipes for countries of the world. ... Browse our listing below of reviewed sites for cooking from around the world including recipes of Burundi. You can also view our listing of cook books or other country information to assist in your food needs.
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BUJUMBURA, 8 February 2005 (IRIN) - A group of farmers in Burundi's northwestern province of Cibitoke, who were recently banned from a forest reserve, have appealed to the government to allow them to harvest their crops, ... "In [the northern province of] Kirundo people are dying because of food shortage; we are worried that...
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A woman scavenges for food in a Bujumbura suburb: The UN World Food Programme estimates that 70 percent of family expenditure in Burundi goes to food...
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In UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's report to the Security Council on Burundi last week, he says, "The fragile food security and nutritional status of the population in the northern provinces of Kirundo, Muyinga and Ngozi required a strengthening of humanitarian programmes by United Nations agencies and non...
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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that 70 percent of family expenditure in Burundi goes on food. ... Apart from land, food availability in Burundi has been affected by market-related problems. A 2006 assessment by FAO, WFP and UNHCR cited poorly integrated markets due to high transaction costs,
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Drought, crop disease, endemic poverty and more than a decade of instability mean Burundi suffers from serious food insecurity. WFP is expected to feed an estimated 874,000 Burundians by the end of 2006, including particularly vulnerable groups such as internally displaced persons, school children and HIV-positive people.
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