[2] Cotton farming was developed in the Mugerero area between 1969 and 1980, employing the indigenous population and migrants from overpopulated regions such as Mwaro, Muramvya, Kayanza, Gitega, Bujumbura and Ngozi.
[2] From 1984 to 1992 SRDI collaborated with AMSAR in a rural development project in East Mpanda led by Louis Berger International.
[4] The European Union allocated over US$5 million to a project in Bubanza Province implemented by the FAO named "Contribution to the alleviation of the surge in food prices of the production capacities of the associations exploiting the Imbo perimeter," which was handed over in a ceremony at the headquarters of SRDI on 22 November 2013.
[5] In July 2014 Ernest Mberamiheto, Minister of Good Governance and Privatization, answered questions in a National Assembly debate.
Companies that had been recommended for privatization over a five-year period included SOSUMO[a], SIP[b], SRDI [c], OTB[d], ALM[e], COGERCO[f], LNBTP[g] and ONATOUR[h].