{"id":276,"date":"2026-05-20T08:01:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/?p=276"},"modified":"2026-05-20T08:01:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:01:56","slug":"rica-promotes-conservation-farming-to-fight-soil-erosion-in-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/?p=276","title":{"rendered":"RICA Promotes Conservation Farming to Fight Soil Erosion in Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture has intensified efforts to teach farmers modern conservation agriculture techniques aimed at reducing soil erosion and improving productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Jean Claude Kayisinga, a senior official at the institution, Rwanda currently loses millions of tons of topsoil every year because of unsustainable farming methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained that conservation agriculture helps farmers protect the soil while also lowering farming costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cOne farmer told us he used to spend Rwf10,000 working on his farm, but after adopting conservation methods, he now spends only Rwf6,000,\u201d Kayisinga said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Students at RICA say they are preparing to spread the knowledge to rural communities after graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second-year student Jean Bosco Irahari said he witnessed severe erosion growing up in Gicumbi District, where heavy rains often destroyed crops and swept away fertile land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RICA has already launched outreach programs in districts including Bugesera, Kirehe, and Gakenke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture has intensified efforts to teach farmers modern conservation agriculture techniques aimed at reducing soil erosion and improving productivity. According to Jean Claude Kayisinga, a senior official at the institution, Rwanda currently loses millions of tons of topsoil every year because of unsustainable farming methods. He explained that conservation agriculture helps [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278,"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions\/278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}