{"id":40966,"date":"2020-03-11T19:20:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T19:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/president-kagame-inaugurates-a-solar-powered\/"},"modified":"2020-03-15T07:25:18","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T07:25:18","slug":"president-kagame-inaugurates-a-solar-powered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-kagame-inaugurates-a-solar-powered\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame inaugurates a solar-powered irrigation scheme in Kirehe District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The function was attended by Howard Graham Buffett, an American businessman whose foundation has supported the development of this project, senior government officials, and local people among others.<\/p>\n<p>Operational since the agriculture season 2017A, Nasho Irrigation Scheme project is made of 63 center pivots irrigation system, irrigating 1,173 hectares belonging to 2,099 smallholder farmers.<\/p>\n<p>The project, worth 54 million USD, helps local farmers improve their livelihoods by enabling them to grow crops all year round, and allowing for a more efficient use of inputs, such as water and fertilizer, and by enhancing the yields and quality of the crops they grow.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, President Kagame thanked Howard G. Buffett for the partnership that has become very productive in Rwanda\u2019s agriculture and conservation to make a big difference for so many lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very glad that we are witnessing a scheme like this one which has improved lives of so many to a level many people would not have thought could be achieved in such a short time,\u201d the Head of State said. \u201cWe, the Rwandans, have a challenge to make sure that this productive relationship never comes to waste at any point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Kagame also pointed out that the government will keep providing all farmers with advisory services so that they can achieve an increased farm productivity.<\/p>\n<p>As of the agriculture season 2020A at Nasho Irrigation Project, the productivity for maize is between 5.5MT\/ha and 10MT\/ha, Bean:1.5 MT\/ha, and Soybean: 1.3 MT\/ha.<\/p>\n<p>Beneficiaries of the irrigation systems were grouped into a cooperative dubbed Nasho Irrigation Cooperative (NAICO); which utilize and maintain the infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme also consists of a solar power plant with a capacity of 3.3 megawatts to power the irrigation system, with 2.4 MW battery storage unit installed, to provide electricity to pump water and reduce the burden from farmers.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, 144 houses (36 houses that are four-in-one) to resettle households from areas under pivot irrigation, and farm buildings were constructed thanks to this project.<\/p>\n<p>About 24 km of existing roads within the project area were also widened and resurfaced and about 10 km of new roads created, which made it easy for installation of irrigation systems as well as transportation of inputs and produce.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35115 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tour_du_rwanda_2020_55-3-0d894.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35116 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tour_du_rwanda_2020_20-9-12bb3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35117 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tour_du_rwanda_2020_27-5-cfe84.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35118 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tour_du_rwanda_2020_50-5-08128.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35119 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tour_du_rwanda_2020_51-5-9a418.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35120 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tour_du_rwanda_2020_75-3-deaeb.jpg\" alt=\"The function was attended by Howard Graham Buffett, an American businessman whose foundation has supported the development of this project,\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35121 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tour_du_rwanda_2020_80-5-1a2e6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35122 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tour_du_rwanda_2020_86-6-cd9fc.jpg\" alt=\"President Kagame thanked Howard G. Buffett for the partnership that has become very productive in Rwanda\u2019s agriculture\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35123 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tour_du_rwanda_2020_87-4-01f2b.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35124 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tour_du_rwanda_2020_13-13-3530d.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35125 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tour_du_rwanda_2020_55-3-0d894-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35126 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tour_du_rwanda_2020_20-9-12bb3-2.jpg\" alt=\"This center pivot irrigation project that has been developed by the Government of Rwanda in partnership with the HGBF to modernize Rwanda\u2019s agriculture sector\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35127 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tour_du_rwanda_2020_27-5-cfe84-2.jpg\" alt=\"President Kagame pointed out that the government will keep providing all farmers with advisory services so that they can achieve an increased farm productivity.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35128 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tour_du_rwanda_2020_50-5-08128-2.jpg\" alt=\"President Kagame inaugurates a solar-powered irrigation scheme in Kirehe District\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35129 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tour_du_rwanda_2020_51-5-9a418-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35130 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tour_du_rwanda_2020_75-3-deaeb-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35131 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tour_du_rwanda_2020_80-5-1a2e6-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35132 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tour_du_rwanda_2020_86-6-cd9fc-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35133 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/tour_du_rwanda_2020_87-4-01f2b-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Paul Kagame on Tuesday inaugurated Nasho Irrigation Scheme, a center pivot irrigation project that has been developed in Nasho Sector of Kirehe District by the Government of Rwanda in partnership with the Howard G. Buffet Foundation (HGBF) to modernize Rwanda\u2019s agriculture sector and specifically improve smallholder farmers\u2019 livelihoods.<\/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-40966","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\/40966","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=40966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40966"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=40966"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=40966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}