{{Short description|Marsh in Burundi}} {{Infobox body of water | type=Wetland | name = Rugamura Marsh | native_name = | other_name = Marais de Rugamura <!-- Images --> | image = | alt = | caption = <!-- Stats --> | location = Kirundo Province of Burundi | coordinates = {{coord|-2.53|30.121|display=it}} | inflow = | rivers = | outflow = | oceans = | catchment = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | basin_countries = | designation = | length = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | width = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | area = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | depth = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | pushpin_map = Burundi | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = }} '''Rugamura Marsh''' ({{langx|fr|'''Marais de Rugamura'''}}; {{coord|-2.53|30.121}}) is a marsh in Kirundo Province, Burundi. It is used for cultivation of rice and sorghum.

==Location== Rugamura Marsh is in the north of the Kirundo Commune. It joins the main southern branches of Lake Cohoha. It is northeast of Rutare and the Kirundo Airport.{{sfn|Way: Rugamura (1262553540)}} The Köppen climate classification is Aw: Tropical savanna, wet.{{sfn|Rugamura, Kirundo Province, Burundi Mindat}}

==Development==

The Giriteka cooperative has 82 members, of whom 45 are women. The Confederation of Agricultural Producers' Associations for Development (''Confédération des Associations des Producteurs Agricoles pour le Développement'': CAPAD) had trained the members in composting and sowing beans, corn and rice in rows in Rugamura Marsh.{{sfn|Abel Kagwira|2011}}

During 2013-2016 the Burundian government, with funding from the African Development Bank, launched the Bugesera Rural Infrastructure Support Project (PAIRB). This included hydro-agricultural development of {{convert|72.5|ha}} of the Rugamura Marsh, {{convert|232|ha}} of the Kabuyenge Marsh and {{convert|538.5|ha}} of the Nyavyamo Marsh. It included building drainage outlets, irrigation networks, dykes, access trails, spillways and other infrastructure.{{sfn|L'ingenierie ay service du developpement|p=17}}

In August 2021 the governor of Kurundo Province, Albert Hatungimana, visited Rugamura Marsh where he launched dry season rice-growing activities. He has said that irrigation is the only way to make the province once again the breadbasket of Burundi.{{sfn|Bruce Habarugira|2021}} As of 2023 the marsh produced 1.6 tonnes of rice per hectare. The maximum that could be achieved was 5 to 6 tonnes per hectare. Sorghum was also grown in the marsh.{{sfn|Chantal Umuhire|2023}}

==References== {{reflist|25em}}

==Sources== {{refbegin}} *{{citation |url=https://www.capad.info/spip.php?article248&lang=fr |accessdate=2024-06-19 |publisher=Confédération des Associations des Producteurs Agricoles pour le Développement |author=Abel Kagwira |title=Les Champs des Membres des Coopératives Servent pour l’Apprentissage de la population |year=2011}} *{{citation |url=https://burundi-eco.com/province-kirundo-irrigation-collinaire-comme-solution-face-a-secheresse-recurrente/ |accessdate=2024-06-19 |work=BurundiEco |author=Bruce Habarugira |title=Kirundo Province: Hillside irrigation as a solution to recurring drought |date=13 August 2021}} *{{citation |accessdate=2024-06-19 |title=Projet d'apui a la transformation de l'agriculture dans la region naturelle du Bugesera |language=fr |author=Chantal Umuhire |publisher=African Development Bank |date=6 December 2023 |url=https://www.afdb.org/sites/default/files/documents/projects-and-operations/burundi_-_projet_dappui_a_la_transformation_de_lagriculture_dans_la_region_naturelle_du_bugesera_-_p-bi-k00-013_-_eer_novembre_2023.pdf}} *{{citation |url=https://www.cira-sas.com/sites/default/files/documents/plaqueteCira.pdf |accessdate=2024-06-19 |ref={{harvid|L'ingenierie ay service du developpement}} |title=L'ingenierie ay service du developpement |publisher=CIRA SAS (Consulting Engineering And Applied Research)}} *{{citation |url=https://www.mindat.org/feature-432398.html |accessdate=2024-06-19 |title=Rugamura, Kirundo Province, Burundi |work=Mindat |ref={{harvid|Rugamura, Kirundo Province, Burundi Mindat}} }} *{{citation |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1262553540#map=14/-2.5339/30.1288 |accessdate=2024-06-19 |title=Way: Rugamura (1262553540) |work=OpenStreetMap |ref={{harvid|Way: Rugamura (1262553540)}} }} {{refend}}

Category:Marshes of Kirundo Province