The war and accompanying Tutsi genocide of the early 1990s devastated Rwanda’s agricultural research agencies, and they continue to face challenges related to the resulting loss of human resource capacity and physical infrastructure.

Agriculture in Gabon has traditionally been overshadowed by more attractive economic sectors such as forest exploitation, mining, and oil extraction.

Au Gabon, l’agriculture a longtemps été éclipsée par des secteurs économiques plus attrayants tels que l’exploitation du bois et l’extraction minière et pétrolière.