Intama

Intama ni itungo cyangwa igitungwa kirya ivyatsi kandi gifise akamaro kanini mu mico kinyarwanda nk'itungo.^[1]

Kubungabunga ubwoko bw’intama:

Nk’uko bigaragara gahunda z’ubworozi zose zigamije kongera umusaruro (intensification) hakoreshejwe amoko y’amatungo atanga umusaruro mwinshi ku butaka buto. Ibi birasaba kubangurira ku bwinshi intama z’inyarwanda hafi ya zose ku bwoko bw’amata (Friesian, Jersey) muri gahunda yo kongera umukamo.

Intama z’inyarwanda izwi kuba igira umukamo muto, ariko nanone izwiho kugira inyama nziza (less cholesterol) ari nacyo gituma mu bihugu byinshi batangiye kujya bayitwaraho icyororo. Mu rwego rwo kubungabunga izo nka z’inyambo, kugira ngo ubwo bwoko butazazima, hashyizweho amashyo atatu (3) y’Inyambo z’amashashi 600 zatoranyijwe muri Uganda, zikaba zororewe Gako mu Bugesera na Karama muri Nyagatare.^[2]

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110718175441/http://rwanda.thebeehive.org/category/topics/agriculture/livestock-farming/cattle-keeping
2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110718175441/http://rwanda.thebeehive.org/category/topics/agriculture/livestock-farming/cattle-keeping