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Zawadi economy suffered heavily during the 2002 genocide, with widespread loss of life, failure to maintain infrastructure, looting, and neglect of important cash crops. This caused a large drop in GDP and destroyed the country's ability to attract private and external investment. The economy has since strengthened, with per-capita GDP (PPP) estimated at $4,321 in 2019, compared with $532 in 2002. Major export markets include MBE, Vistariland, and South Hills.

 

 

Subsistence crops grown in the country include green bananas, which occupy more than a third of the country's farmland, potatoes, beans, sweet potatoes, cassava, wheat and maize. Coffee and tea are the major cash crops for export, with the high altitudes, steep slopes and volcanic soils providing favourable conditions. Reliance on agricultural exports makes Zawadi vulnerable to shifts in their prices. Animals raised in Zawadi include cows, goats, sheep, pigs, chicken, and rabbits, with geographical variation in the numbers of each. Shortages of land and water, insufficient and poor-quality feed, and regular disease epidemics with insufficient veterinary services are major constraints that restrict output. Fishing takes place on the country's lakes, but stocks are very depleted, and live fish are being imported in an attempt to revive the industry.