Import ban triggers vegetable price hikes, shortages
Thursday, January 12, 2017
There has been a shortage of potatoes and tomatoes since the import ban last year
Effected last December through the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security, the ban prohibits the importation of tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, bell peppers, melon pear and beetroot.
This came after a highly destructive insect pest known as tomato leaf miner or tuta absoluta was detected in the Bobirwa, Boteti, Chobe, North East, and North West areas.
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