🇷🇼 Rwanda Sand …

 

 

Target Beneficiaries :  Local smallholder farmers in Rwanda, focusing on enhancing food security through innovative potato seed production.

Goals :  To demonstrate the potential of sandponics in producing high-quality potato seeds using minimal water and resources, supporting year-round food production in a water-scarce environment.

Community impact :  This farm is pioneering the use of sandponics for potato seed production in Rwanda, addressing key agricultural bottlenecks. By improving local seed quality, it plays a critical role in boosting agricultural productivity and food security in the region. The system offers a sustainable, cost-effective method of cultivation that can be replicated in other arid and semi-arid regions across Africa.

 

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Description

The Mulindi Sandponics Potato Seed Farm, showcased at Rwanda AgriShow 2023, is a groundbreaking initiative. This project highlights the power of sandponics as an aquaponic-related system that uses sand as a primary medium to grow high-yield, disease-free potato seeds. The farm operates within a controlled environment, ensuring year-round production while drastically reducing water consumption. With its successful implementation, this sandponic farm is set to become a model for sustainable seed production, further advancing Rwanda’s efforts toward achieving food self-sufficiency.

Additional information

Location

Rwanda

Year Built

2023

Greenhouse Structure

Low Tech

Nutritional Quality

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Farmers Taught

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Water Reuse Efficiency

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Food Grown / Fish Feed (kg)

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Land Regenerated

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