Farming stakeholders called for increased exports to generate foreign currency
MUKAZA, October 8 (ABP) – The Prime Minister, Nestor Ntahontuye, held a meeting on Monday, October 6, 2025, in Bujumbura, with local administrators, agricultural sector officials, and investors in the…
Kinama: Rabbit farmers make clay pots to feed and water rabbits
BUJUMBURA/NTAHANGWA, July 8 (ABP) – The Umuco w’Aborozi association, based in the Kinama zone, has taken the initiative to make clay pots to use as feeders and waterers for rabbits.…
A team of veterinary technicians from Ntahangwa commune visited rabbit farmers in that commune
BUJUMBURA, June 12 (ABP) – The association of rabbit farmers of Ntahangwa commune paid a visit to the rabbit farmers of that commune on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, a check…
Rabbit farmers in the expanded commune of Ntahangwa facing a lack of market for their products
BUJUMBURA, June 3 (ABP) – Rabbit breeders in the expanded commune of Ntahangwa are lamenting the lack of a market to sell their products, a check on site by ABP…
Duck breeding can be a source of income
BUJUMBURA, March 28th (ABP) – Norbert Niyukuri, a young entrepreneur in duck breeding, told ABP in an interview that duck breeding can help reduce youth unemployment and provide an interesting…
Appearance of lumpy skin disease in certain communes
BURURI, March 26th (ABP) – Some 121 cows have been identified in the communes of Bururi, Matana and Songa as showing symptoms of lumpy skin disease. According to data provided…
Support for farmers: a wish of the rabbit farmers of the cooperative “Umuco w’Aborozi”
BUJUMBURA, March 10th (ABP) – 50 members of the cooperative “Umuco w’ aborozi”, practicing the trade of raising rabbits in the Carama neighborhood in the expanded Ntahangwa commune, are in…
Zoonoses: a danger for livestock farmers and their herds
BUJUMBURA, February 27th (ABP) – Zoonoses are diseases in which the pathogen (bacteria, virus or parasite) can be transmitted from animals to humans and vice versa. They are spread by…
Some 120 cases of foot-and-mouth disease already detected
BUBANZA, February 21st (ABP) – Foot-and-mouth disease remains a threat to cattle farming in some localities of Bubanza province (north-west Burundi) in recent times, according to the Provincial Bureau of…
Artificial insemination on cows, a springboard for increasing production
BUJUMBURA, January 24th (ABP) – Artificial insemination is one of the practices that can improve production in cow farming. This was disclosed on Thursday, January 23, 2025 by Rosalie Ntahonsigaye,…