Farmers grouped under CORIMARU - a cooperative of rice growers in Rurambi Marshland in Bugesera District--whose rice plantations were completely destroyed by heavy floods have been able to salvage something thanks to government support.
The government support to farmers came in the form of fertilisers and electricity subsidies aimed at powering irrigation projects Athanase Murenzi, the President of cooperative said.
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