The World Food Program is asking donors to contribute $50 million to ease the Burundi food crisis, which it expects to worsen this year. Guillaume Foliot of the WFP's mission in Burundi said the ...

The banana could contribute to Burundi's food safety and to the increase in income of the countries producers, when the yearly yield reaches 60 to 90 tonnes/ha. This was said by Salvator Kaboneka of ...

Food assistance funded by Japan is reaching refugees and returnees in Burundi through the World Food Programme, easing acute hunger pressures in camps and host communities strained by displacement, ...

Burundi faced severe food security challenges due to climatic shocks. The World Bank activated the CERC under the IDA-supported “Merankabandi” project, reallocating funds to address emergencies. This ...

The export of some staple foods has been banned in Burundi and farmers have been called on to put their harvests into public storage facilities, as a long dry season is expected in the East African ...

Removes duty on essential commodities this year Food prices jumped due to fall in output Trade unions welcome move to cut taxes BUJUMBURA, May 1 (Reuters) - Burundi has suspended taxes on imported ...

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that food assistance for more than 130,000 refugees in Burundi - most of them fleeing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ...