Yesterday, we visited Walker Farm and Walker Animal Feed, located in Bugesera, Rwanda.
Read here what we experienced during our field visit, especially in #pig farming, #crop production, and #feed processing, and how you can benefit from our experience.
Walker Farm raises pigs on a large scale and provides guidance on how to be successful in pig farming by using different methods and techniques tailored for commercial pig farmers. 2/9
Walker Farm manufactures grower and finisher feed for pigs and poultry. They are ready to supply you with high-quality feed at an affordable price. 3/9
Do you want some advice about black soldier fly farming?
They provide training, technical expertise, and tips about scaling BSF with small, medium, and larger farmers. 4/9
We learned that the Black Soldier Fly is ideally suited for food production due to its rapid production cycle and high concentration of protein.
The high percentage of protein in the larvae makes them an ideal source of food for a wide variety of animals. 5/9
We learned about plantain banana farming and how they can be profitable (imizuzu/imishaba in Kinyarwanda 🇷🇼.)
The farm has around 5000 plantain banana trees, and they are making money from them.
Just pay a visit, and they will give you all the tips and technical expertise. 6/9
Plantains are grown using conservation agriculture practices such as mulching the soils. 7/9
At Walker Farm, they are growing different veggies using organic farming, such as beetroot. 8/9
After the visit, we celebrated the achievement at Walker Farm, where we shared different products from the farm. 9/9
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It has been 5 years since my friend started paying his girlfriend’s school fees using the profits from his shop to study medicine, believing they would marry after her graduation.
But just one week after she graduated, instead of a graduation invitation, he received a wedding invitation—for another man.
He was heartbroken, feeling completely betrayed..
My friend had built his shop from the ground up. It wasn’t an easy journey, but he was determined to succeed.
Every day, he worked tirelessly, saving every penny to support her education and build a future they would share.
He believed that his sacrifices would bring them closer together.
He had always imagined a future with her—graduation, marriage, and a life filled with love and shared dreams.
But when the wedding invitation arrived, everything changed.
He couldn’t believe it. How could she go from being his girlfriend, the woman he supported for years, to marrying someone else without a word of warning?
My friend dropped out of school when his father passed away.
As the eldest son, he took responsibility for his family. He worked day and night, saving every coin he earned to build them a house.
For years, he lived for them, never imagining the betrayal waiting ahead...
When the house was complete, he cried tears of joy. His mother praised him in front of everyone.
“This boy has given us a home!” she said proudly. His siblings cheered, and the whole village celebrated his success.
But once the celebrations ended, things began to change.
His brothers, who never lifted a finger, started calling the house their property. “We’re all family,” they said when he tried to remind them who paid for it.
His mother stayed silent, as if afraid to take sides. Slowly, his pride in the house turned to bitterness.
When I was a kid, my uncle had a strange way of teaching us lessons.
One day, he looked at me and said, “Go bring me a chicken from the neighbor’s farm, or I’ll make you regret it!”
I was scared and confused, but I didn’t want to upset him. So, I ran off to the neighbor’s house.
When I got there, I saw a big, healthy rooster.
I didn’t know how to catch it, so I went to the neighbor and told him, “My uncle said you have the best rooster in the village.
He wants to buy it to cook a special meal for guests.” The neighbor looked pleased and said, “Well, if it’s for a special meal, take it to him. Tell him to pay me later.”
I brought the rooster back to my uncle, feeling proud of myself. But when he saw it, he got angry. “This rooster is too small!
Go back and bring me a bigger one!” My heart sank, but I didn’t dare argue.