Rwanda on course to grow grapes

Three years after inking a deal with the Germany state of Rhineland Palatinate, Rwanda is about to start growing grapes with the aim to boost its wine industry and reduce wine imports. In 2019, Rwanda and the Rhineland-Palatinate committed to promoting cooperation in agriculture mainly in technology-driven farming, and sustainable winegrowing - the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. In the deal, Germany committed to help Rwanda with the requisite state-of-the-art technology, research and expertise to start growing grapes that are used as the main source of red wine, white wine, and rosé wines on the global market. Germany is ranked tenth among the top 15 global wine producing countries, by volume. Italy, France and Spain retain the top three positions. This partnership with Germany aims to identify suitable geographical regions and sites for grapevine cultivation on the basis, among other things, of soil information, topographic profile as well as suitable grape varieties. "We ...