Rising costs of fossil fuels, land degradation, climate change and rural poverty are serious threats that have pushed Rwanda to search for alternatives towards economic development.
Among initiatives there was project of producing biofuel which also reduces environmental hazardous.
Earlier this week, Members of an Indian firm called Karnataka State Biofuel Development Board (KSBDB) have come to Rwanda to discuss biofuel spaces, capacity building, and gold mining as well as addressing challenges of high cost of fuel in Rwanda.
The Executive Chairman of the Karnataka State Biofuel Development Board, Sri Y.B. Ramakrishna said the soaring prices of crude oil and rapid burning of fossil fuels have led Karnataka to search for eco-friendly and sustainable alternatives for fuel in Rwanda and elsewhere.
While meeting Rwanda Minister of Agriculture Agnes Kalibata, they noted that they are not investors, but partners to Rwanda who graciously offer valuable and useful knowledge from India.
However, Kalibata said Rwanda has a lot to share with KSBDB adding that MINAGRI will effectively help their society to adopt biofuel initiatives in Rwanda.
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