May 26, 2016
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| Ejo Heza representatives L to R: Bernadette, cell leader; Therese, president; Olive, coop advisor. |
On May 26 I had the opportunity to make an interesting visit to the women's cooperative, Ejo Heza, which is part of KOPAKAMA in Rwanda's Rutsiro district, Western Province.
They are running an experiment on new ways to mulch and weed. For
mulching, they are doing "targeted mulching" and for weeding, they are
experimenting with cutting the weeds and leaving the weed cuttings on
the ground instead of uprooting weeds and carrying them away.
These
are two "time-saving" ways of doing mulching and weeding. The women
report they had
higher profits from coffee in 2015 after they started
these methods in their experimental field in January 2015. They have a
"control" field next to their experimental field and they are monitoring
how well the "targeted mulch + weeds-left-on-the-ground" methods are
working.
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| Plot of experimental trees for the women's cooperate Ejo Heza. |
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| Targeted mulching and "easy" weeding experiment. |
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| A row of trees in experimental field. |
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| Agronomist Gervais KAYITARE stands between two plots - the control (L) and the experiment (R). |
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