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Q&A: From farmer to businesswoman: Why Mukankusi is making it big in Irish potato business

  • by Doreen Umutesi
  • May 31, 2012

Who exactly is Josephine? I was once a subsistance farmer but now I’m currently an agricultural business woman. I buy Irish potatoes from the Innovative Platforms farmer’s cooperative in Gataraga, Musanze District (Northern Province). I wash the potatoes and package them in an enticing way, adding value to them and then I sell them to different supermarkets and hotels in Kigali. I sell several tonnes of potatoes per month.

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