Rwerere Station

Rwerere Station is one of the 13 stations of RAB. It is located in Northern Province and headquartered in Gashoro Cell, Rwerere Sector, Burera District. It covers Burera and Gicumbi Districts. Today, Rwerere Station is composed of three sites, namely, Rwerere and Ruhunde sites located in in Burera District and Masogwe site located in Gicumbi District.

Rwerere is positioned at approximately 29km from the main tarmacked road at Base, along the latitude 01º50’S, the longitude 29º87’E and at the altitude ranging between 2,107 masl (Rugezi sub-site) and 2,375masl (Kalima sub-site).

Programs operating in Rwerere Station include:

  • Seed production and multiplication (Maize, Irish Potatoes, Peas, Bean, Wheat)

  • Cereals Program/ Maize, Wheat and Barley

  • Pulses and Oil Crops Program /Beans

  • Roots & Tubers Program /Irish Potato

  • Horticulture program

  • Genebank

Research activities in Rwerere station are conducted within the above-mentioned programs operating in Rwerere station and the agricultural extension is carried out by extension agents in the area of Burera and Gicumbi Districts covered by the Station.

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