The Indian Minister of State in charge of food processing recently met with the president Kagame at the Village Urugwiro, to draw possible ways of promoting the agricultural sector in Rwanda to ensure better production of foodstuffs in terms of quality and quantity.
“We want to see how Rwanda’s foodstuffs can be produced and processed in Rwanda before they are exported,” Arun S. Yadan, the Indian Minister pointed out soon after his meeting with the President.
He added that they plan to introduce modern irrigation farming methods to produce better quality products to meet global demand.
The Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Dr. Agnes Kalibata said that Rwanda has a lot to learn from India’s agricultural sector in order especially in adoption of proper mechanisms to be used in the sector as well as production of quality seeds like rice.
She added that India would educate farmers on proper methods of farming for better quality production.
She noted that Rwanda would continue mobilising Indian investors to invest in the sector.
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