The Cabinet meeting that was chaired by President Paul Kagame at Village Urugwiro, January 30 made several key appointments where some figures bounced back or were promoted to bigger positions, while others were removed from their key posts.
Former Deputy Secretary General in charge of Productive
Rwanda needs seed multipliers to increase cassava production
A quick multiplication of cassava clean seeds is indispensable in the efforts to scale up new disease-resistant cassava varieties on about 200,000 hectares in Rwanda. Cassava is the second most grown crop after banana in terms of cultivated area and the fourth most consumed staple crop in the nation.
Athanase Nduwumuremyi, is the Coordinator of Roots and Tubers Programme and Cassava breeder at Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resource Development Board (RAB). He has stated that the efforts by seed multipliers are very necessary, considering that many farmers are still harvesting lower yields using traditional seeds.