French media: Africa's demand for rice imports is increasing, but local rice output has not increased significantly

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] For a few weeks, African countries have been increasing the purchase of rice. According to the French Broadcasting Station on the 22nd, in recent years, the demand for rice in African countries has become increasingly larger, but the local rice output has not increased significantly. This year, African countries may import 20 million tons of rice from external. By 2035, this import is imported. It is estimated that the amount will be doubled.

In terms of South Africa media Allafrica quoted Dr. Elli Ud Kileig, a agricultural expert on the 21st, from the perspective of nutrition and food safety, rice is the third largest crop in South Africa. %Are the first place, and corn and wheat are 1%and 4%, respectively. The report also said that the African population accounts for about 13%of the world's population, but the rice imported annually accounts for 32%, worth more than $ 6 billion. Data from the global statistics database Statista show that from 2019 to 2021, the import volume of rice in African countries has increased year by year, reaching approximately 17.5 million tons by 2021. According to the French Broadcasting Station, African countries have been increasing the import of rice in the past few weeks. The import volume this year may reach 20 million tons, an increase of about 3 million tons over last year.

Allafrica said that under the circumstances of increasing demand, the government is urging the establishment of sustainable rice seed systems to increase rice output. Many areas of Africa have been acting to increase their output. While self -sufficiency, they provide food for other African regions.

For example, Tanzania's local media The Citizen reported that Tanzania has formulated plans and measures to increase rice output each year, and strive to double the output in 2030 to a new height. Director of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Ministry of Agriculture stated that Tanzania uses large -scale improvement seeds and modern irrigation methods to increase yield.

However, French Broadcasting Station pointed out that the current output of local rice in Africa is still unsatisfactory. The reasons behind this are complicated. Natural climate is the main factor, and increasingly serious drought is the real obstacle of rice planting. In addition, African rice cultivators currently lack the means of fighting birds. This threat from heaven sometimes leads to half of production losses, and banks and insurance companies remain cautious about investment in this area. Patrics Delvilla, an economist at the French International Agricultural Development Research Center, said that in this case, rice growers have to lower production costs, and production is naturally difficult to go up.

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