Category: Agriculture

Evariste NiyonkuruMarch 12, 2023
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5min530
As a result of the Rift Valley epidemic in mid-2022, a ban on animal slaughter was put in place, prompting the Imbo people – who are big fans of meat – to switch to edible mushrooms. This presented an immense opportunity to COPEJC, a cooperative of young people who specialise in mushroom farming. The Imbo […]

Avatar photoDon Délice NdikumanaJanuary 17, 2023
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3min1730
  The minister of agriculture announced the construction of a second fertilizer factory in Gitega Province. It was in his Monday press conference intended to highlight his ministry’s first-semester accomplishments for the budgetary year 2022–2023. Is the current fertilizer shortage at its end? Failure of FOMI – unique fertilizer factory currently operating in Burundi -, […]


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