The 2021A agriculture season started in September 2020, which is a growing season especially for Maize, Rice and various vegetables. Some of the irrigation schemes managed by HoReCo the farmers are confident of good yields as some plants have already...
On 8th -10th December OMMIS Project management team headed by Project Executive Secretary conducted an assessment in marshlands located in Gasabo and Kamonyi District to monitor and evaluate the agriculture activities in this season 2021A. The assessment was conducted in...
At the start of the 2021A agriculture season, there was little rainfall, so that around the irrigation schemes managed by HoReCo the farmers were helped to irrigate they areas by HoReCo in collaboration with AGRIBELICO. Later it rained and it...
Bugesera District is one of the Districts that has been experiencing a lack of rain due to the local climate conditions this causes the late of season preparation. It is in this context that HoReCo in collaboration with AGRIBELICO committed...
On 8th until 10th July 2020, the Senior Agronomist of OMMIS /HoReCo and IT Team visited different irrigation schemes managed by HoReCo located in Huye, Nyamagabe and Nyaruguru District in Southern Province which are Mushishito, Rwasave, Umusizi, Rwondo, Umwaro, and Urwonjya.
Welcome to Horticulture in Reality Corporation(HoReCo).
”HoReCo is a business company of professionals in agriculture who were trained in Israel in matters of Horticulture development and value chain, Irrigation and Agriculture Mechanization as well as building capacity of youth in agriculture. HoReCo is now contributing to improve livelihood of Rwandan through transforming agriculture from subsistence to modern farming by introducing extension and innovations which integrate sustainable crop production and irrigation technology. HoReCo is one of the tough and fast-growing company in Rwanda. It is composed by more than 100 share- holders from various agricultural domains include Horticulture, Crop production, Agronomy, Agribusiness, Agriculture Mechanization, Soil and Water Resource Management, Irrigation and Drainage to list few. Currently HoReCo is running two agricultural projects: 1st Project of Operation, Maintenance and Management of Irrigation Infrastructure (OMMIS Project) in collaboration with MINAGRI and RAB. The 2nd project of Potato Seed Production Project (PSPP) that con- sists of producing Pre-Basic and Basic seeds in collaboration with Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)”.
Emmanuel NDAYIZIGIYE, CEO of HoReCo
OMMIS Project (Operation, Maintenance and Management of Irrigation Schemes) is implemented in almost all developed Irrigation Schemes located on 10,037 Ha with installed irrigation infrastructures in Rwanda. HoReCo has technical support activities that turnaround coaching on crop production and value chain management, irrigation techniques and mobilization for weekly community works to keep clean irrigation facilities in 18 districts of country, namely Gasabo, Kicukiro, Kamonyi, Ruhango, Nyanza, Huye, Gisagara, Nyamagabe, Nyaruguru, Nyamasheke, Rulindo, Gakenke, Musanze, Bugesera, Rwamagana, Nyagatare, Ngoma and Kirehe districts where seventy six agricultural cooperatives (76) and sixty four (64) Water User Organizations are daily coached by HoReCo technicians.
2nd Project: Potato Seed Production/PSPP
Objectives:
To contribute on improving livelihood of smallholder farming communities through ensuring quality and quantity of needed potato seeds by developing a sustainable private sector led potato seed system in Rwanda.
In period of two years (2019-2021), the project seeks to accomplish the followings:
– Producing EGS and basic clean potato seed
– Supporting other private potato seed multipliers to produce adequate quality and quantity of seeds affordable by smallholder farmers through field and crop inspection
– Supporting ten potato cooperatives to establish seed units and train them in improved tech- nologies and raise awareness of seed multipliers and companies on- seed inspection and cer-tification
– Partner with RAB to strengthen the commercialization of potato seeds in Rwanda
