HOW MODERN FARMING HAS BOOSTED MAIZE PRODUCTION IN MUSANZE When Celestin Munyambabazi and a few other farmers decided, six years ago, to shift from traditional to modern farming, they were not quite sure of how they would fair. As farmers who had earlier used traditional methods of farming, they believed mixing crops could help them increase their productivity as opposed to planting one crop. “We used to mix crops and the harvest was average. We suffered a lot because of that system of farming,” he says. The Musanze District farmer says local leaders and agriculture experts sensitised them about modern farming but some were reluctant until he and a few others decided to adopt the modern farming system. “It was not until 2008 that we started adopting modern farming. We started as a small group of less than 15 people,” he said, adding that their productivity started improving and other farmers also started joining them. newtimes.co.rw/section/article/2014-12-22/184287/
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 09:25:00 +0000
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