Rice farming boosts agri-business in Gatsibo

GATSIBO-Rice farmers in Rugarama Sector, Gatsibo District say they have registered an increase in income since they started growing the grain. Claude Habimana, a rice grower in Matunguru cell, disclosed that his income has more than doubled. “I used to engage in banana farming and earned an annual income of Rwf200, 000. But since I started growing rice six months ago, I have earned profits worth Rwf500, 000,” he said.