Vegetable prices drop in Rwanda
Tomatoes go for Rwf500 per kilogramme from Rwf1,000 last month, carrots cost Rwf500 per kilo down from Rwf700, while that of fresh beans is at Rwf500 compared to Rwf700 previously. A kilogramme of eggplants costs Rwf500 from Rwf700 and onions go for Rwf500 a kilogramme, down from Rwf300. Prices of imported vegetables like broccoli, cauliflowers and mushrooms are, however, stable.
Vendors attributed the drop to the fact that more farmers are now using marshlands to grow vegetables during the dry season.
Anastasie Mukamurenzi, a vegetable seller in Kimironko Market, projected that prices will continue their downward trend as the rainy season, when production rises, approaches.
Bananas go for Rwf220 per kilo from Rwf350. Irish potatoes range from Rwf250 a kilo to Rwf300, down from about Rwf350 previously.
1 Rwf = 0.0012 USD
source: allafrica.com
