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Inside Rwanda, CAR new agriculture deal

Rwanda
Central African Republic
Published Sep 4, 2021

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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.

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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 period. Ngabitsinze observed that CAR is a country whose economy is based on agriculture, though the sector is underdeveloped due to the problems [insecurity] that have blighted the country for years, and its small population. "I would say that CAR is somehow amazing in terms of natural resources. It ...
Source: All Africa
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