ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2022
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. Over 31,000 young leaders on 2,400+ campuses across 140+ nations applied to join the Class of 2022. 200+ campuses worldwide (just 8%) were selected to host the 3,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT ALBERT NKUNDINEZA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture | Gashora, Rwanda | Advancing SDG 2 & UNAI 1
" “Taking a part in the Millennium Fellowship program will enhance the knowledge, skills, experience, and capacity building that I need to expand my social impact. I am glad to be a part of the Millennium Fellowships program for future leaders and society transformers”. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: IHAZE Farms
My project is IHAZE Farms, that has started in August 2021, and it is located in Northern Province, Gicumbi district. It is all about showing farmers how to boost the production of wheat, by trying to make it a demo farm. I produce and sell the produce to bakeries at Kigali and in Northern province. As I produce more, the farmers will mimicry the methods I am using. On my farm, we do proper plant spacing, weed management, proper use of fertilizers basing on soil status. I chose to call it IHAZE that means “satisfied”, because will work with farmers to produce more for Rwandans. I got the idea of growing wheat, after graduating from High school in 2019, when I used to know about the issue of wheat importation in Rwanda and poor performance of wheat production in Rwanda on hectare. According to The East African, “In 2016, Rwanda imported 90 per cent of the wheat processed for baking”. That came after knowing that wheat is among the most needed crops for Rwandans in all categories. So, I need to work and help farmers increase their production.
About the Millennium Fellow
Albert Nkundineza is a dedicated and self-motivated Conservation Agriculture student at the Rwanda Institute of Conservation Agriculture. He lives in Rwanda, his home country, and he has always been passionate about developing Rwanda's agricultural sector. He is working on a project to combat hunger through crop production. He focused on science and technology in high school, which he applies to his agricultural studies at university. Nkundineza aspires to be an agricultural leader for change in Africa.
