Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) and the Fishing project management met on 18th.July.2012 with fishers of Nyamasheke district to inform them about resolutions on required fishing profession and value; following the sector’s current record of high quality and quantity fish products. According to Aimable Murera, in charge of research on farming and fishing in the western [...]
Governor for Eastern Province Odette Uwamariya has revealed that residents, who misused animal farms given to them during land division, will be followed up and punished by the law. Mrs. Odette Uwamariya stresses that many residents in eastern province, who were given land for livestock farming have divided it into settlement areas and selling them [...]
Members of COOPEPOCA cooperative are grateful for the step they have taken in fighting poverty and poor eating habits in their families because of farming. COOPEPOCA cooperative is made up of 105 members where 64 are women and 31 are men and all of them are residents of Nyundo sector in Rubavu district in the [...]
APEJERWA Nyanjye School in Ngororero District has embarked on promoting modern rats keeping that residents can afford to buy. APEJERWA Nyanjye (Association des Parents pour l’education de la jeunesse Rwandaise de Nyange) is an agricultural school with livestock and crop husbandry departments. While many people rear cows because of Rwandan culture and the importance of [...]
Sheep with long wool are common in many parts of Rutsiro district in western province which is believed to be the result of high altitude areas. Due to a large number of sheep reared in Rutsiro district, lamb meat is considered essential in the people’s everyday diet. As if this is not enough, residents say [...]
Poultry farmers of Muko Sector in Gicumbi district are to have all of their hens immunized against a number of poultry diseases. This immunization program began on 16th April 2012, and is expected to immunize hundreds of hens against chicken Anaemia and Ticks as it was explained by the Sector’s veterinary officer, Uwimana Jean Damascene. [...]
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 [...]
According to Dr. Charles Kigeni who works with a Kenyan company, Poultry farming in Rwanda is lugging behind compared to other East African countries. Dr. Charles Kigeni clarified that the biggest challenge facing Rwandans in poultry farming is the high cost of poultry feeds and other necessities in poultry farming. Rwanda imports much of [...]
The youth of Kinyababa sector in Burera district under their cooperative ‘cooperative de Development et la promotion de la culture de l’Ibobere’ (CODPCI) have ventured into silkworm farming because they hope the project will take them to greater heights. One of CODPCI cooperative heads Jack Kwizera revealed that they ventured in to silkworm farming because [...]
Agriculture experts have revealed that pigs are vital in fish farming because of its manure that can be put in fish ponds. Pig waste is used as manure infish ponds Leonidas Kayitankore, a veterinarian in Bugesera district reveals that a fish farmer needs manure to increase fish productivity in ponds which manure pigs do provide. [...]
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