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2021 Dec 15The Governor of Cankuzo calls on the population to protect the environment
As part of the Thursday dedicated to the environment, the provincial administration of Cankuzo, in collaboration with the Ministry of the Environment, Agriculture and Livestock, organized work on July 15, 2021, to draw the level curves. The work took place on Nyakerera hill, Minyare area of Cankuzo commune. The Ministry of the Environment, Agriculture and Livestock was represented by the Director General of Agriculture Vestine Nyandwi and the CEO of the Burundi Office for Environmental Protection (OBPE), Berchmas Hatungimana.
After the work, the Governor of Cankuzo Province, Boniface Banyiyezako, thanked the population who responded massively to this work of drawing the level curves. He reminded him to properly maintain these level curves and to plant fixing herbs all around, which will even be used to feed livestock in permanent housing. He called on the people of Cankuzo to fight against the bushfires and warned the perpetrators of these fires.
The Governor of the province invited its people to respond massively to the Government's policy of pooling agricultural land in order to increase agricultural production. He also invited them to go and farm in the swamps during this dry season. The Governor advised young people to avoid naivety and asked them to join forces in cooperatives to develop self-development projects.
The Governor of Cankuzo Province Boniface Banyiyezako advised the population to better manage production by avoiding selling everything at the market. He urged people to live in harmony and to help each other out.