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E-tractors change fortunes of Rwanda's smallholder farmers

Kubota, a hand-held walking tractor that uses diesel to till land, plant seeds, pump water and harvesting. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard]

In Gashora, a small village located about an hour’s drive away from Kigali in Rwanda’s Eastern Province, sits an establishment whose agricultural technology pilot project could change the country’s smallholder farmers’ fortunes for good.

GenFarm Project, an initiative of Volkswagen Mobility Solutions Rwanda and the Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture (RICA), is in top gear, seven months after its official launch.

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