Rwanda: Organic agriculture an opportunity for rural communities
Poverty levels are demonstrated through food insecurity, low incomes that don’t allow most members of the rural community to meet their basic needs, low education/knowledge levels that may facilitate the livelihoods initiative to fight against poverty.
It’s believed that that although organic farming systems produce yields that average 10-20% less than conventional agriculture, they are more profitable and environmentally friendly. Historically, conventional agriculture has focused on increasing yields at the expense of the other three sustainability metrics.
In the quest to support the government’s fight against poverty many efforts need to be made to modernize agriculture. Towards this end, many partners in agriculture joined hands to put in action methods which can help to increase food productivity.
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