Rwanda has drawn up a recovery plan that includes storing up an equivalent of maize and beans for 10 per cent of the population at 2,500 kilocalories per person per day, in a bid to ensure strong food reserves after the pandemic is defeated.
"This shall be achieved by increasing resources for National Strategic Reserves to stock food, by supporting the districts to establish their own district food reserves and mobilising farmers to have community stores as well as storage facilities at the household level," the Economic Recovery Plan says.
This accounts for health-related spending, social protection, support to state-owned enterprises, and the government's contribution to the Economic Recovery Fund, and other measures to mitigate the economic consequences of Covid-19.
The country registered only one positive case of coronavirus between Monday and Wednesday last week.
The highest number this week was reported on Sunday -- with four positive coronavirus infections -- which was also way below the average cases confirmed in the previous week.
