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Minagri's strategies to boost Agricultural Productivity |
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Francois NSENGIYUMVA, Chairman of Post Harvest and Storage Task Force, Norbert SENDEGE (c) Director General of Rwanda Agricultural Development Agency- RADA and Mary RUCIBIGANGO National Agriculture Extension Support Project ”PASNVA” Coordinator, addressing audience at a press conferance on 25/07/2010.
In order to boost Agriculture which is a key sector in economic development, the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources - MINAGRI organized a town meeting on Crop Intensification Program and Season 2011A preparation expressing the techniques to increase Agricultural quality and productivity. In his speech, the Director General of Rwanda Agricultural Development Agency- RADA said that the Ministry delivers improved seeds and fertilizer that facilitate to improve the productivity of agricultural crops.
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Farmers getting fertilizers at subsidised prices |
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Dr.Agnes Kalibata (c) Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources,
Addressing a press conference, where The Ministry of Agricultureand animal resources
has introduced a system where farmers will be able to get fertilisers at subsidised prices
using their electronic identity cards at agro-sales points near them.The machines with
a latest technology will be installed in each sector, where farmers will use their national IDs
to print vouchers that will enable them access fertilisers from suppliers and It’s this ticket
that will be presented to the agro products sales points.
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President commissions tractor assembly plant |
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The Minagri TYM mobile workshop. (Photo/ J. Mbanda)
President Paul Kagame on 18th of February,2010 officially opened the first ever tractor assembling plant in the country which will enable Rwandans purchase farming equipment at low prices.The Rwf 1.6billion price tag on the plant includes the equipment imported by Government as well as money spent on its construction.
The machines are made by the Tong Yang Moolsan, a South Korean company, which has set out a clear roadmap of increasing its presence and investment in the country in the next three years.
In his remarks, President Kagame called on Rwandans to embrace modern ways of farming, saying that it is the only way the country will achieve its vision of achieving food self-sufficiency as well increasing incomes among the population.
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AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION CENTRE -CICA- WAS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED ON 15/06/2010 |
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 Agricultural Information and Communication Centre -CICA- was set up thanks to partnership between the Republic of Rwanda and Belgium Kingdom through the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources and Belgian Technical Cooperation. CICA is component one of the Support Project to agricultural Extension System (PASNVA) and its overall objective is to ensure that « agricultural information is regularly collected, produced, processed, adapted, stored and disseminated».
in its official Launching, The Minister of Agriculture and animal Resources, Dr. Agnes Kalibata said that the center is an initiative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources- MINAGRI to improve the way of collecting and disseminating Agricultural information. She emphasized that the usage of this centre is important in the development of Agriculture and Livestock within our country. She continued telling the people working in its services that it is the beginning not the end of work, they have to provide the quality , up to date and relevant information because if not the centre will not play its role and objective in the community.
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