Uganda’s success in expanding rice production is especially interesting given that the people of sub-Saharan Africa spend nearly $2 billion a year on rice grown outside of Africa. The amount of spending on rice alone by Africans equals the combined national budgets of Ghana and Senegal.
鉴于撒哈拉以南的非洲地区每年要为非洲以外的大米付出近20亿美金，乌干达在扩大大米生产方面的成功就有了特殊的意义。非洲人仅在大米这一项上的支出就等于加纳和塞内加尔两国国家预算之和。