According to aKapondamgaga: the [farming] sector accounts for 30% of the GDP, and employs about 80% of the total labour force (of which 70% are women). Moreover, it provides 65% of total income for rural people, and brings in 90% of foreign exchange earnings, as well as supplying 65% of the raw materials used by the manufacturing industry. I wish I were an economist because I suspect that there is something shocking hidden in these figures. Farming employs about 80% of the total labour force, but accounts for only 30% of the GDP! It brings in 90% of foreign exchange… Read more »