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PM pledges to contain milk glut

NYAGATARE - The Prime Minister, Pierre Damien Habumuremyi, has advised cattle farmers in the Eastern Province to double their efforts in promoting dairy farming, despite the current milk glut that has hit the dairy industry resulting in huge loses.  His visit comes on the backdrop of livestock farmers’ concerns over lack of an adequate market for their milk products.
Prime Minister Pierre Damien Habumuremyi (C) flanked by Eastern Province governor, Odette Uwamariya (R) during a tour of the Nyagatare milk plant on Monday.the New Times / D Ngabonziza
Prime Minister Pierre Damien Habumuremyi (C) flanked by Eastern Province governor, Odette Uwamariya (R) during a tour of the Nyagatare milk plant on Monday.the New Times / D Ngabonziza
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