{"id":438043,"date":"2011-06-08T11:08:11","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T11:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/08\/premier-urges-farmers-to-adopt-mechanisation\/"},"modified":"2011-06-08T11:08:11","modified_gmt":"2011-06-08T11:08:11","slug":"premier-urges-farmers-to-adopt-mechanisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/08\/premier-urges-farmers-to-adopt-mechanisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier Urges Farmers to Adopt Mechanisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"62.6066935675\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/newtimes180.jpg\" alt=\"The New Times (Kigali)\" title=\"Visit The New Times (Kigali)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Emma Prince<\/p>\n<p>8 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Gasabo \u2014 Prime Minister Bernard Makuza has urged local leaders to work with farmers in mechanising and improving the country&#8217;s agricultural sector.<\/p>\n<p>He made the call yesterday while opening a week-long agricultural expo that started in Mulindi, Gasabo District, which has attracted farmers and stakeholders from across the world to showcase their products.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have largely improved in terms of modern agricultural practices. It&#8217;s time for farmers to work closely with leaders, and make use of technology, even in rural areas,&#8221; the Premier said.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the farmers participating in the expo have inspirational stories on how practising modern agriculture has helped them grow tremendously.<\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Niyibizi, a member of &#8220;Urugaga Imbaraga&#8221; a farmers&#8217; cooperative in Musanze district, only began realising agricultural benefits after joining the cooperative.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can now afford school fees for my children and pay for other basic needs. I have even bought myself a vehicle to facilitate me in my work,&#8221; testified Niyibizi.<\/p>\n<p>His cooperative uses terraces, pesticides, irrigation and fertilisers, on their consolidated land, courtesy of the Ministry of Agriculture&#8217;s sensitisation programmes.<\/p>\n<p>They supply food stuffs to supermarkets and local food processing plants.<\/p>\n<p>Aloys Rwamika, a dairy farmer from Gicumbi District, now owns six cows, having started with only one and now sells a minimum of 20 litres daily, from which he has now bought a truck and a motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p>COODERU Busogo, another cooperative based in Musanze rears exotic sheep for fur, which is a rare product in the region. They make thread from the fur which they sell abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Celestin Niyibizi, the cooperative&#8217;s president, pointed out that lack of sufficient markets and fur trimming equipment, are their main challenges.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People here do not know the value of fur. That is why the business has not yet picked up as it should.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Aloys Kayumba, a farmer from Busogo in the Northern Province, says that he received a Rwf 2 million loan from a bank as starting capital, which he has utilised well to produce enough maize and Irish potatoes.<\/p>\n<p>On display at the expo are agricultural equipment including tractors, seeding and combine harvesters among other machinery.<\/p>\n<p>The expo, which is the sixth of its kind, is organised under the theme; &#8220;Irrigation and Mechanisation in Agriculture Transformation&#8221; and has attracted participants from several countries.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106080477.html\" title=\"Premier Urges Farmers to Adopt Mechanisation\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Premier Urges Farmers to Adopt Mechanisation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Emma Prince 8 June 2011 Gasabo \u2014 Prime Minister Bernard Makuza has urged local leaders to work with farmers in mechanising and improving the country&#8217;s agricultural sector. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":438044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-438043","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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