{"id":39772,"date":"2019-08-01T16:47:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T16:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/nyaruguru-maize-farmers-get-storage-and-milling\/"},"modified":"2019-08-01T16:47:13","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T16:47:13","slug":"nyaruguru-maize-farmers-get-storage-and-milling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/nyaruguru-maize-farmers-get-storage-and-milling\/","title":{"rendered":"Nyaruguru maize farmers get storage and milling facility worth Rwf 900 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The support follows farmers\u2019 demand for interventions that would help curtail persistent post-harvest losses.  <\/p>\n<p>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. <\/p>\n<p>The Mayor of Nyaruguru, Fran\u00e7ois Habitegeko said the facility construction was in response to farmers\u2019 demand for decent post-harvest handling interventions.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe 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,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>The agronomist of Nyaruguru district, Thomas Mbonyisenge explains that the plant mills maize from the entire district. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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,\u201d he noted. <\/p>\n<p>Mbonyisenge revealed that the facility was completed at Rwf 90 million while mills cost Rwf 42 million. <\/p>\n<p>The plant employs six permanent workers and many others hired depending on available tasks. <\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31085 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/bubakiwe_aho_bashobora_kubika_ibigori_igihe_bitarahungurwa-d6ca6.jpg\" alt=\"The facility construction is in response to farmers\u2019 demand for decent post-harvest handling interventions. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31086 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ifu_ya_kawunga_ikorerwa_mu_karere_ka_nyaruguru_igurishwa_hirya_no_hino_mu_gihugu_-666da.jpg\" alt=\"The agronomist of Nyaruguru district, Thomas Mbonyisenge explains that the plant mills maize from the entire district.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31087 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/zimwe_mu_mashini_zifashishwa_mu_gusya_ibigori_zikabitunganyamo_ifu-8b72c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-31088 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/iyo_nzu_ikorerwa_ibikorwa_bitandukanye_by_ubuhinzi_birimo_amahugurwa_ku_bahinzi_ubuhinikiro_n_ibindi-7637b.jpg\" alt=\"Mbonyisenge revealed that the facility was completed at Rwf 90 million while mills cost Rwf 42 million. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farmers in Nyaruguru district have received state of the art maize storage and processing facility to boost agricultural produce value addition completed at a cost of Rwf 900 million under the auspices of Nyaruguru district in collaboration with Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) and partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-39772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39772\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39772"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=39772"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=39772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}