{"id":148,"date":"2025-09-27T09:29:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T09:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/?p=148"},"modified":"2025-09-28T09:31:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T09:31:42","slug":"karongi-district-targets-potato-expansion-in-line-with-rwandas-growth-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/?p=148","title":{"rendered":"Karongi District Targets Potato Expansion in Line with Rwanda\u2019s Growth Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karongi District has taken steps to align with Rwanda\u2019s development goals by investing in potato farming. Local farmers have already contributed over 53 million francs to secure high-quality seeds, with the first deliveries made ahead of the 2026A planting season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The district plans to increase potato acreage from 1,184 hectares in 2025 to 2,139 hectares by 2026. This expansion supports the national target under NST2, which seeks 9.3% annual GDP growth and a 50% rise in agricultural productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mayor Muzungu Gelard emphasized that potatoes were selected as a priority crop because of their potential to transform the local economy. \u201cCurrently, Karongi exports little apart from coffee and charcoal. Potatoes can change this reality and become a major economic driver,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside potatoes, Karongi is investing in the modernization of banana farms and strengthening tea production in Rugabano, Karongi, and Gisovu, as well as expanding coffee cultivation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karongi District has taken steps to align with Rwanda\u2019s development goals by investing in potato farming. Local farmers have already contributed over 53 million francs to secure high-quality seeds, with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions\/150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}