Rwanda: Crops Added to City Master Plan, 40,000 Take to Urban Farming

25 December 2012

Two years ago, Valerie Mukabaramba turned to growing crops in a marshland in her neighborhood of Gisozi in Kigali City's Gasabo district. She had been a hawker around the city for several years but life became increasingly tough for this mother of four.

She now grows sweet potatoes, maize and vegetables as the only source of food for family and income for other basic needs. "I have no other skills, yet hawking in the city is very risky. But I'm able to survive and get basic needs through farming," she said in a recent interview.

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