Kinyarwanda: Inama yatangiye imirimo yayo saa tatu (9hoo‟), itangijwe n‟ijambo ry‟umunyamabanga mukuru wagateganyo wa sendika staver kamarade nsengiyumva jérémie, washimiye abayitabiriye bose ndetse abamenyesha ko bahuye kugira ngo batekereze kuhazaza ha sendika yabo. yasobanuye amavu n‟amavuko ya sendika staver, kuva yabaho yakoreraga k‟ubuzima gatozi bwa cestrar ariko igihe kirageze ngo nayo igire ubuzima gatozi bwayo cyane ko amasendika akorera mu bwigenge no mu bwisanzure nk‟indi miryango yose yemewe mu gihugu. yakomeje avuga ko sendika staver igizwe n‟abakozi bakora mu nzego z‟ubuhinzi, ubworozi, uburobyi n‟ibidukikije mu rwanda. yashimiye cestrar yabateye inkunga igaragara nk‟uko isanzwe ibikorera amasendika ayigize, kugira ngo iyo kongere ibashe guterana. uwari uhagarariye cestrar kamarade biraboneye africain, umunyamabanga mukuru wungirije, yasabye abari muri kongere ko n‟ubwo bahagarariye abandi bagomba kuva ko sendika staver mu byibanze igomba kwitaho nk‟inshingano nyamukuru ari ukurengera inyungu z‟umurimo w‟ubuhinzi, ubworozi, uburobyi n‟ibidukikije mu gihugu hose ikorana neza n‟abakoresha, amakoperative n‟ibigo bitandukanye bitunganya ibikomoka k‟ubuhinzi, ubworozi n‟uburobyi. yabasabye gutora neza inzego ziboneye zizayobora sendika mu myaka iri imbere, kandi zikaba zishishikajwe no kugera kunshingano z‟amasendika.yijeje abari muri iyo kongere, inkunga y‟uburyo butandukanye ya cestrar, aboneraho gutangiza ku mugaragaro imirimo y‟iyo kongere ya mbere ya staver. ingingo zari ku murongo w‟ibyigwa: ¤ kwemeza ku mugaragaro sendika staver ¤ kwemeza  amategeko agenga syndicat staver ¤ gutora ubuyobozi mu nzego nkuru za sendika staver ¤ ibintu n‟ibindi
English: The meeting took place at kigali, kacyiru, stipphotels on 17th march 2015 and the meeting was organized by agrifop/raddii project in collaboration with ifdc/prefer. the meeting started somehow late compare to the expected time, the meeting started at 9:30 am instead of 9:00 am as expected on agenda. the meeting was started by the opening remarks of senior consultant advisor in minagri/fertilizer program dr ngomiraronka emmanuel in place of program coordinator dr charles murekezi who was not around.the opening remarks taken by one from minagri/fertilizer program representative due to the fact that these inputs are under supervision of this program.  after welcoming all participants he welcomed mr. safari ceo of agripof/raddii project manager to present the meeting objectives and advice on traders `association and benefits, the presentation was very interesting and convincing. the agrifop ceo in his power point presentation ( ppt) managed to explain what is an association, difference between the association with cooperative, federation and an ngo .in his presentation he showed the different many reason of being and benefit from being in association especially agro-inputs sector in rwanda, a sector which is seems to be new and facing many challenges. due to the fact that the meeting attended by traders means people who are focused in business the ceo explained well to the participants that an association is not profit means that association does not generate money to its members but it can facilitate to access such money through different ways such as; advocacy, communication, education, networking and so on…in his presentation he explained well difference between vision, mission and objectives of any organization created as long as this association will be put in place.