The Minister of Local Government James Musoni has warned local leaders against destroying farmers crops that have failed to comply with Crop regionalization policy.
Under the government policy, specific zones in the country have been required to grow specific crops.
However, in some districts, this policy has not been adhered to by some farmers which attracts local leaders to destroy their crops under the guise of implementing the crop regionalization policy.
Instead, Musoni advised local leaders to help such farmers attain high yields for crops they have chosen to plant.
Musoni made the remarks while meeting administrative leaders.
He said, “Destroying farmers’ crops for failure to comply with regionalization policy is not good governance. We even recently sanctioned some leaders that destroyed farmers’ crops in Gicumbi District.”
The Minister also said the similar incidences have been reported in Kayonza District where farmers were asked to destroy their sorghum crops.
Minister of Agriculture noted that many districts are below 50% in the implementation crop regionalization policy.
Prime Minister Dr Pierre Damien Habumuremyi ordered that this rate should rise above 50% in each district.
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