The Ministry of Agriculture (MINAGRI) will soon launch a new effort to promote research on the use of solar energy in irrigation to boost farming, especially in drought-prone areas of Eastern Province.
Speaking to The NewTimes, yesterday, Innocent Nzeyimana, the head of land husbandry, irrigation, and mechanisation department at Rwanda Agriculture Board, said the move would be applicable to small scale irrigation technology that was introduced in the country last year.
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