Rwanda: How Co-Operative Marketing Helped Ngoma Residents Kick Out Poverty

22 November 2016
opinion

Poverty and food scarcity were for long associated with residents of Murama sector in Ngoma District. Though they had enough arable land, the residents of Murama sector had for years lacked food and struggled with poverty. Parents could not afford to send their children to school. However, this was to become history following the introduction of co-operative farming in the area by one of the residents.

Poverty and food insecurity were for long associated with residents of Murama sector in Ngoma District, Eastern Province. They had enough arable land, but residents had for years lacked food and lived in poverty. Parents could not afford to send their children to school.

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