Kayonza cooperative doubles its crop yields
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Panorama
The COBACCO Ndego agricultural cooperative in Kayonza District has increased its yields from three to four tonnes per hectare in 2022 to eight to ten tonnes through support in farming and management. The improvement covers the cooperative’s 59 members, including 39 women, according to Panorama.
The COBACCO Ndego agricultural cooperative in Kayonza District, Rwanda, has increased its yields from three to four tonnes per hectare in 2022 to eight to ten tonnes, according to Panorama. The increase followed training in farming techniques and business management supported by the Rwanda Youth in Agribusiness Forum and the Kayonza Irrigation and Integrated Watershed Management Project.
The cooperative is based in Ndego Sector in the Eastern Province, a region exposed to drought. The outlet presents the rise in production as the result of strengthened agricultural and business management skills.
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