Farming was becoming harder to sustain.
Water, soil management, market access and changing conditions made everyday farm decisions more difficult.
STORIES & LEARNING
What happened. What we learned. What comes next.
Stories from the people, places and questions shaping Nurtiva’s work in Rwanda — including what changed, what remains difficult and what we are still learning.
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What Caring Looks Like
Care is not only what we give. It is how we listen, how we act and whether we stay responsible for what happens next.
Read the story →WHERE INDATANA BEGAN
The idea started with a farm, a changing climate and a question about young people.
“I watched my grandfather keep caring for a farm that was becoming harder to sustain.”
I grew up in Musanze and often visited my grandfather’s small fruit farm. He cared deeply about what he grew. As I became older, I also began to see how difficult it was to keep that farm going. Soil management was harder, irrigation was limited and reaching better markets was not simple.
At the same time, I kept hearing young people describe agriculture as work for older people, poor people or people who had failed to find something better. Many saw farming as something to leave behind rather than something they could improve.
Watching those two things happen together changed the question for me. Farmers need practical knowledge, useful technology, stronger market connections and young people who can see a future in the work. Passion alone was no longer enough.
FROM EXPERIENCE TO A QUESTION
The idea did not start with a programme plan.
It started by noticing what was becoming harder, listening to how young people described agriculture and asking what a different learning experience might make possible.
Young people wanted distance from agriculture.
For many, farming did not look like science, creativity, technology or a meaningful opportunity.
What if they experienced agriculture differently?
What changes when agriculture is experienced through practical learning, creativity, enterprise and climate action?
WHAT FOLLOWED