DID YOU KNOW? FUN FACTS ABOUT MUSHROOMS
Mushrooms are a fungus, and unlike plants, mushrooms do not require sunlight to make energy for themselves.
The mushroom is a very nutritious food. Differing species can be a good source of vitamin B along with essential minerals such as copper and potassium. While fat, carbohydrates and salt content is very low.
Sustainable Harvest Rwanda helps Rwandans bring mushrooms back into the fold
By Joseph Mutabazi, Sustainable Harvest Rwanda project assistant
Read More..Kigali Farms attends 9th annual Agrishow
On Thursday 5th June 2014 marked the beginning of the 9th Agri-Show that ran until 12 June. The weeklong event is annually held at Mulindi Agri-Show grounds located in Gasabo district. The event ran on the theme "Transforming Agriculture for shared prosperity and improved livelihoods.” The Honorable Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Agnes Kalibata, officially opened the event on the 6th.
Read More..Brookstead Christian Academy visits Kigali Farms
Kigali Farms was happy to host students from Brookstead Christian Academy for a study trip that benefited the school children on both improving their health and their knowledge on mushroom growing. Despite heavy rains outside, the students were able to arrive at the head offices located at Rwandex, Kigali.
Read More..Let’s Talk Coffee turns to Mushrooms
Creating opportunities for farmers is what makes me happy; enabling farmers to take entrepreneurial decisions is my passion, which is why I am the Education and Outreach Manager at Kigali Farms.
Kigali Farms has reintroduced a forgotten crop as an opportunity for Rwanda to enjoy healthy food - mushrooms - and also the chance of creating income for farmers.
Read More..Let’s Talk Coffee turns to Mushrooms
Creating opportunities for farmers is what makes me happy; enabling farmers to take entrepreneurial decisions is my passion, which is why I am the Education and Outreach Manager at Kigali Farms.
Kigali Farms has reintroduced a forgotten crop as an opportunity for Rwanda to enjoy healthy food - mushrooms - and also the chance of creating income for farmers.
Read More..Mushroom villages
Rwamagana is a dry district in the Eastern Province of Rwanda well known for growing green bananas and ground nuts. In its more remote villages, most Rwamagana residents are not yet mushroom consumers although they may be familiar with a variety of wild fungi, they do not yet have access to cultivated oyster mushroom.
Read More..Kigali Farms Entrepreneurship Workshop at U of Rwanda Huye Campus
Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is a platform that organizes partners and activities on the local, national and global level to expand people’s innovative potential. Rwanda is the East African leader with the most partners and events in the region.
Read More..Renewing Agribusiness in Rwanda
Kigali Farms hosted (re)New Agribusiness in Rwanda, in partnership with The White Onion, to shine a spotlight on the role the private sector is playing in the development of the agriculture sector in Rwanda.
Inspired by the words of Dr. Adesina, Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, the event opened with a short discussion about why agriculture is a business, not a development program.
Read More..Protection des consommateurs en etant competitif
Le HACCP est un outil très indispensable pour les industries dans le domaine de l’agroalimentaire car il permet de contrôler l’ensemble du procès de production.
Entant que Directrice de la production et de la qualité, je suis en charge d'assurer que notre entreprise est conforme à toutes les normes de qualité en respectant toutes les procédures afin que nous puissions devenir certifiés en 2014.
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