It is planting season again! Rainfall is here and farmers across Rwanda are on their toes to catch up with the time to plant. It is the perfect time for planting Sweetpotato. As is the mandate, International Potato Center (CIP) and its implementing partners kick off this year’s agricultural …
Read More »Supporting Government’s “Farmer Promoter” program to scale up Sweetpotato farming experience.
Aime Ndayisenga & Immaculate Akello Training farmer promoters isn’t just a knowledge transfer; it is a concrete way of ensuring job creation, hence reducing the rate of unemployment in Rwanda. Most of the people who receive this training have recourse to establishing small scale farming which efficiently caters for their …
Read More »Great Potential in Agribusiness for the Youth
By Aime Ndayisenga & Immaculate Akello “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” says Ralph Waldo Emerson. It takes more than just time and confidence for one to become famous in any discipline of life. Some will easily draw their pathways towards …
Read More »Turning a Bundle of OFSP Vines into Family Gold
By Aime Ndayisenga Mr. Dieudonne Dusabimana, a 51-year-old farmer and head of a household of nine, resides in Cyanzarwe Sector of Rubavu District, not far from the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). His farm is on the slopes of the Virunga Mountains that straddle the borders …
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