About

Formally titled “Increasing food production and livelihood improvement in the Kamiranzovu marshland area, Burera District”, the three-year Project “KUNGAHARA Burera”, or KungaBu in short, is funded by the EU under its KUNGAHARA Programme aimed at boosting agricultural production in Rwanda. Jointly implemented by Burera District and ARECO-RWANDA NZIZA, KungaBu has an objective to increase food production, fight malnutrition and improve livelihoods in the Kamiranzovu marshland area, in Butaro Sector (of Burera District).

Interventions

KungaBu will boost food production and improve livelihoods in the Kamiranzovu marshland area by:

  • Increasing food production and reducing vulnerability to dry seasons and climate change linked drought spells through solar powered irrigation and sustainable land husbandry practices;
  • Reducing losses from inadequate postharvest practices through increased access to produce drying and storing facilities;
  • Reducing malnutrition through promotion of small livestock and kitchen gardens especially in vulnerable households;
  • Increasing skills, awareness and technical know-how transfer to local farmers also taking into account the Project’s visibility.

Project Sites

Karwa (Mubuga Cell)

  • Maize drying facility 1

Biyove Village (Mubuga Cell, Butaro Sector, Burera District)

  • Hillside irrigation, composting demonstration, small livestock distributions, kitchen gardens
  • Compost production demonstration

 

Gitovu (Mubuga Cell)

  • Maize drying facility 2

Kaniga (Gatsibo Cell)​

  • Maize drying facility 3
  • Irish potato storing facility

Beneficiaries

The beneficiaries of the Project include:

  • The 128 households of Biyove Village (and others farming there) who will benefit from the Project’s hillside interventions, small livestock promotion and kitchen garden development,
  • All 1464 farmers operating in and around the Kamiranzovu marshland who will enjoy access to the new drying and storing facilities (3 for maize and 1 for Irish potatoes),
  • The local communities in Butaro Sector and Burera District who will benefit from increased availability and affordability of food products on the market.
  • Different women and youth associations farming in and around the Kamiranzovu marshland will participate in construction works of the drying and storing facilities and their operationalization.
  • 40 farmers from the groups mentioned above will directly benefit from different capacity building trainings from this action (trainings of trainers) with hundreds more benefiting from this knowledge later on.

Project Team

Jean Marie Vianney KABIRIGI

Burera District Focal Point

Pacifique ISIMBI

Project Manager

Jean Nepomuscene BIHOYIKI

Field Coordinator

Jean Bosco MUSHENGEZI

Field Officer

Jean Marie Vianney NTIBARIKURE

Finance and Administrative Officer

Pacifique ISIMBI

Project Manager ARECO

Jean Nepomuscene BIHOYIKI

Field Coordinator ARECO

Jean Bosco MUSHENGEZI

Field Officer ARECO