Page 24 - 扶輪月刊 2025年6月號
P. 24

ί        ɓࡈජΈ׼తٙʹ               Hategekimana) Ⴍf۞तႊਿ৵            ഃ৷૒͞ʔΝdவ၇ίጅτ༺
                  ܝdጅτ༺̏௅ጒ
                                         ॶ੽ʃ޶ഹ˨ፋԔ߮ঁЪd̥
                                                                          ၈މ˜อό૒͞™ٙਂج݊Σ
                  ࣳዣ (Musanze) ٙ
         ৵ཕᑠ༵੽͞༁ڏ࢕d༈ਜਹ                   ۈ੶ঐԶቮɓ࢕ɖɹdک˸މ                    ʆսහુdঐᜫ۞तႊਿ৵ॶ
                                                                          ٙӀ୿༵ٙήɺᘎʿ˥ʱڭܵ
                           n a sunny afternoon,
                                         வ˪৭࢟மᆬٙʃʃɺήɰఱ cropland in Hategekimana’s village. This
                                          Hategekimana, who grew up watching his
                                          father grow barely enough for their family
                           potato  farmers  re-
                                                                          ί௰Գً࿒fጅτ༺݊ڢݲɛ
         ௰৷ٙ˦ʆ ķķ ̔ԢԔˢ˦                  ̥ঐνϤfٜՑ 2000 ϋ˾ڋ             is important: Rwanda, the country with
                  O
                                                                      the highest population density in Africa
                                          of seven to subsist on, assumed that this
                           turn from the fields
                                          was all their tiny patch of hilly land could
                           in  the  shadow  of
                                                                          ɹ੗ܓ௰৷ٙ਷࢕€ߒӊ̻˙
         ʆ (Karisimbi) ķķ ٙᅂɿҳ࢛          ಂdɓ၇͟ˢлࣛෂ઺ɻί 50              (about 525 inhabitants per square kilo-
                                                                      meter), has a primarily agrarian econ -
                           Karisimbi, the tallest
                                          give. Then, in the early 2000s, a terracing
         ί͞༁fɓᄴɦɓᄴٙ૒͞ض                   ϋۃˏආeܝԸ͟ጅτ༺ִ݁                omy, with 70 percent of its population
                                                                          ʮԢ 525 ɛd຾᏶ഐ࿴˸༵
                           volcano in Musanze,
                                          technique introduced 50 years ago by a
                           a district in northern   Belgian missionary and then adopted by   engaged in farming. Improving agricul-
         ഹʆսၧַ࢝කdஷ̵ֻԭϷ upon  the Rwandan government, transformed          ุމ˴dߒ 70% ٙɛ͏੽ԫ
                                         મॶٙ૒͞Ҧஔ࿏ֵҷᜊə˼ tural productivity is critical for food and
                           Rwanda. Row
               row of terraces stretch across the moun-  his farm — and changed his view.    livelihood security, but the country, with
                                                                          ุ༵ʈЪf౤৷ุ༵͛ପɢ࿁
         ඤˑӀ (Nyamirongo) ٙරɺ            ༵ٙή ķķ ˸ʿ˼ٙ޶جf we            its fragile soil, steep slopes, and intense
                                            “With  the  government’s  help,
               tainside, and on the beaten-earth path
               leading to the village of Nyamirongo,   learned to build radical terraces that   rainfall patterns, has long struggled with
         ʃࢰɪd఻ሿ஬ԓ͍ίഃࡉϗ                    sloped back into the hill,” Hategekimana   soil erosion and the resulting poor soil
                                                                          ׵ᔋ࠮τΌʿ͛ࠇڭღЇᗫࠠ
                                              ۞तႊਿ৵ॶႭj˜ί
               vans wait to collect the day’s harvest of
                                          says. “This way, when it rained, rainwa-
               beans, maize, sorghum, cassava, and the
         ༶ʦ˂ϗϓٙԌᗳe͗Ϸe৷                   ִ݁ٙ՘пɨdҢࡁኪึܔி                quality. Every year, an estimated 745,000  ALL PHOTOGRAPHY: JEAN CLAUDE HABIMANA/IUCN RWANDA
                                                                          ࠅf್Ͼd༈਷͟׵ɺᘎঌ
               potatoes for which this region is known.    ter first collected on each terrace and did   hectares (over 1.8 million acres) of ag -
                                                                          ࢮeήැ৭࢟e೵ࣛ੶ࠥڠٙ
                                          not flow down with enough intensity to
         ົeዓᑠd˸ʿவࡈήਜ௰ၲ                   อό૒͞dᜫ૒͞Σʆսʫਉ                ricultural land are eroded, and about
                 “This was a different place in my fa-
               ther’s time,” says Zabayo Hategekimana,   take away the good soil.” Unlike regular   6 million metric tons of crop produce are
         Τٙ৵ཕᑠf                          හુfνϤɓԸdɨڠࣛڠ˥                lost to soil erosion.
                                                                          ᅼόdڗಂ˸Ըɓٜଉաɺᘎ
                                          bench terraces that are virtually level,
               a village farmer. “The slopes were too
               steep to cultivate and irrigate, and every   the radical terraces, as they’re called in   “All the good soil used to flow down-
             ˜ίҢ˨ፋԟࡈϋ˾d                  ึ΋ၳණίӊɓᄴ૒͞ɪd hill with the rainwater,” Hategekimana
                                                                          ڧ႙ה߮dኬߧɺᘎۜሯʔ
               year the rains would wash away the good
                                          Rwanda, slant backward toward the hill
               soil, leaving behind stony, arid dust.”   to optimally conserve soil and water for   says. “When the government helped us
         வ༁݊ҁΌʔΝٙᅵႶfʆ                    ֻɨݴٙɢ༸کʔԑ˸әԐ                     ԳfӊϋߒϞ 74 ຬ 5 ɷʮ௠
         ս˄৭dೌجঁ၇אᙺೀd                    Ӝɺf™ၾ఻˷я˥̻ٙෂ୕                    €൴ཀ 180 ຬߵल༵ٙήቊ
         ӊϋڠ˥ேึҪ٭Ӝٙɺᘎ                                  that are virtually level,
         әՏԐd̥௵ɨўഹຟͩeம                                                    radical terraces slant
         ᆬٙ৻ɺf™Ӏ༁༵ٙ˃͌                    ၾ఻˷я˥̻ٙෂ୕ഃ৷૒͞ʔΝdอό૒͞Σ
               Unlike regular bench terraces
         ˋߒh۞तႊਿ৵ॶ (Zabayo               ʆսහુdঐᜫɺᘎʿ˥ʱڭܵί௰Գً࿒f



               44  ROTARY  JUNE 2025                                                                   ALL PHOTOGRAPHY: JEAN CLAUDE HABIMANA/IUCN RWANDA



           jun25-D-RwandaFarming.indd   44                                                    5/2/25   01:39
      22  臺灣扶輪 2025.6
   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29