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Jan 7, 2023 9 tweets 9 min read Read on X
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.

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Plantains are grown using conservation agriculture practices such as mulching the soils.
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At Walker Farm, they are growing different veggies using organic farming, such as beetroot.
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After the visit, we celebrated the achievement at Walker Farm, where we shared different products from the farm.
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