Inside Rwanda, CAR new agriculture deal

Published Sep 3, 2021

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Rwanda and the Central African Republic (CAR) have signed a memorandum of understanding on agriculture cooperation, covering areas such as research, land use, seed development, crop and environmental protection, and agribusiness. CAR has provided 70,500 hectares to Rwanda for use, and the two countries are assessing potential value chains in commodities like groundnuts, wheat, cotton, palm oil, corn, rice, sugarcane, onion, and tomato. The CAR also aims to develop its poultry and cattle industries, with a goal of producing 2 billion chickens and 10 million heads of cattle within 10 years. A joint technical team will be formed to implement the cooperation MoU, and CAR is planning to establish an agriculture bank with an investment of over $25 billion over 20 years.

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The memorandum of understanding on agriculture cooperation between Rwanda and the Central African Republic (CAR) which was signed last week on Friday, offers a world of opportunities for peoples of both countries, the Minister of State at the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources has said. During an interview on Tuesday, Jean Chrysostome Ngabitsinze told The New Times that the pact signed in Bangui, covers many agriculture-related areas in a bid to utilise the available arable land in CAR. They include research in agriculture, land use and management, soil and water sustainable management, seed development to produce quality and highly productive seeds the advancement of the sector, crop and environmental protection, climate change adaptation, aquaculture and fishing, as well as agribusiness and agro-industry, Ngabitsinze pointed out. He said that the MoU covers a period of five years, but indicated that it is renewable based on the progress registered in the initial ...

Source: All Africa