The support follows farmers’ demand for interventions that would help curtail persistent post-harvest losses.
The facility is located in Ndago in Kibeho sector with various components, namely; training halls, granaries for maize produce and horticulture, cooperatives offices, drying facilities and a maize processing mill.
The Mayor of Nyaruguru, François Habitegeko said the facility construction was in response to farmers’ demand for decent post-harvest handling interventions.
“We sat and sought ways of adding value to maize harvest and save farmers from suffering post-harvest losses. It is against that background that the plant was constructed,” he said.
The agronomist of Nyaruguru district, Thomas Mbonyisenge explains that the plant mills maize from the entire district.
“The plant has the capacity of processing 4 tons of maize flour. It gets the harvest in no short supply and has a wider market across the country supplying to schools,” he noted.
Mbonyisenge revealed that the facility was completed at Rwf 90 million while mills cost Rwf 42 million.
The plant employs six permanent workers and many others hired depending on available tasks.
Some of the farmers growing maize from a 40-hectare marshland of Rwonjya crossing Nyagisozi and Cyahinda sectors said that the presence of the facility has encouraged them to grow more maize as they are assured of proper storage and market.
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