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The New Times' senior reporter Emmanuel Ntirenganya speaks at the event after receiving the award. Ntirenganya was announced the best agricultural biotechnology reporter on the continent during an awards ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria on Friday, December 2. Courtesy

VIDEO: New Times’ journalist wins continental agric reporting award

Saturday, December 03, 2022
President Kagame and Foreign Affairs minister Vincent Biruta at the G20 Summit in Indonesia on Tuesday, November 15. . Photo by Village Urugwiro
Health

Road towards health security is long, but essential - Kagame

Tuesday, November 15, 2022
President Paul Kagame and Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Amor Motley during a joint news conference at Village Urugwiro on Thursday, November 10. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza

Rwanda, Barbados to tap into pharmaceutical production

Thursday, November 10, 2022
Workers sorting new cassava varieties that were multiplied at RAB station in Huye. Photo: Courtesy.
Agriculture

Scientists banking on GM crop varieties to lift cassava industry

Monday, October 17, 2022
Workers sort sweet potatoes at a greenhouse in Musanze District. The centre has become a solution to the farmers who struggled to get good seeds. / Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Expert makes case for agric biotechnology

Monday, October 17, 2022
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University of Rwanda to introduce master’s programme in biotechnology

Saturday, August 13, 2022
The signing ceremony took place in Kigali on August 11.

Rwanda, US biotech firm in joint effort to address biosecurity challenges

Friday, August 12, 2022
Agriculture technicians work on multiplication of a new variety of Irish potato seedlings in Musanze District. Agri experts are making a case for adopting agricultural biotechnology. According to the experts, genetically modified crops produced through the use of biotechnology have much to offer in line with addressing food insecurity and the increasing production costs. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.

How agricultural biotechnology could boost food security

Friday, July 22, 2022
Vincent Biruta, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said that Rwanda expects to benefit from its membership to the centre through biotechnology use in the health sector such as for diagnosis and treatment of human diseases.

Rwanda joins global genetic engineering and biotech centre

Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Farmers who are counting losses due to late blight disease welcome the plan to use agricultural biotechnology in developing a resistant crop variety. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.

Farmers upbeat about new potato variety

Monday, July 18, 2022
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The Biotech Revolution has begun in Rwanda

Wednesday, July 13, 2022
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EDITORIAL: Need for increased research into agricultural biotechnology

Wednesday, June 29, 2022