A farmer must be careful with his/her animals’ foods and choose grasses cows feed on like reeds which are delicious and nutritious to cows. Reeds which give enough grass production and it delicious to cows and they can survive droughts and can be ensilaged for long [...]
The activity of keeping bees is not meant for men only but women as because it is profitable like other activities involving women, KOPAKI (Bee keepers cooperative) members in Eastern Province have revealed. While bee keeping was a man’s job in ancient Rwanda, some women have taken up the activity because they found no taboo [...]
An old woman of 68 years Josephine Nyirangiriye decided to rear pigs because they reproduce quickly and with many children and now pigs are pricey so a farmer who rears them can never get loses. Josephine Nyirangiriye is a resident of Nyagacaca village in Ruyenzi cell in Runda sector in Kamonyi district owns 4 pigs [...]
Three types of desmodium found in Rwanda are Desmodium intornum (mill.)Urb, Desmodium uncinatum (Jacq.)DC. and Desmodium distortum. Desmodium is grass that is used to feed livestock Importance of desmodium to the animals According to teaching guide Rwanda Animal Resources Development Authority (RARDA), desmodium has a lot of proteins and 30percent of tannis. It is good [...]
Though fish production in Lake Kivu is increasing after stopping illegal fishing and fishing, Nyamasheke District has decided to add on Lake Kivu fish production by creating fish ponds for more production. According to the in charge of animal husbandry in Nyamasheke District Félix Sindayiheba, with the support of PAIGELAC tilapia type of fish had [...]
Residents of Nyamagana cell in Ruhango sector in Ruhango district say that the rice factory built in this cell provide for them food for their livestock. Residents take the residues from rice while it is being processed and feed them to their livestock. Innocent Rwirangira who is a neighbor to this factory said that the [...]
Florence Uwambajemariya has highlighted that some of the Girinka beneficiaries have realized the importance of including milk to their diet. Vice mayor for social welfare in Burera district Florence Uwambajemariya asserts “some families have taken decisions to give children milk and they do it through get together.” While residents used to get together on local [...]
About 21,000 young tilapia fish have been planted in seven fish ponds, property of residents in Bushoki sector-Rulindo District; an agricultural advancement of 12th April2012. Francois Kamanzi, an experienced fish farmer in Northern Province said that fish will be ready as food in six months from the date they are planted. “Tilapia fish that have [...]
Leacaena tree There might be a solution to scarcity of animal food particularly cows, following the revealed secret that Leacaena tree posses leaves able to feed and even treat weak cows. This was said by veterinary doctor of Bugesera district Leonidas Kayitankore who referred to a research done by Baraka from Molo in Kenya on [...]
Livestock business has flourished in Ngororero district causing a question for the modern market. Farmers who sell livestock in this market narrate the congestion in this place and domestic animals that are mixed; which they say contributes to the lower prices by those who come to buy. Emmanuel Ngirinshuti who had brought four domestic turkey [...]
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