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Ruth Nyirahagenimana
Rwanda

Once upon a Christmas: Reminiscing on what used to be

Sunday, December 25, 2022
The author with classmates on a field trip. Courtesy photo

Three years in Huye: The people who made it worthwhile

Thursday, December 22, 2022
Workers sort different electronic items at the National E-waste and Recycling Facility in Bugesera District. Photos: Courtesy.

World Circular Economy Forum to spur transition to circular solutions in Africa

Tuesday, December 06, 2022
Residents wade through a flooded street in Kigali in 2020. Meteo Rwanda has alerted Rwandans that many parts of Northern, Western and Southern Provinces with the exception of Amayaga region will have heavy rains. File
Environment

Meteo warns of heavy rains in November

Friday, November 11, 2022
Vendors at Nyarugenge Market. Food and non-alcoholic beverages increased by 39.7 per cent in October 2022 compared to the same month of 2021 according to Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI). Craish Bahizi
Business

Urban food prices rise by 40 per cent

Thursday, November 10, 2022
Food stalls at Kimisagara market in Kigali. Rwanda has seen a significant improvement in its food security status, with statistics from a 2018 report showing that 81.3 per cent of its population was food secure. Photo: Craish Bahizi.
Rwanda

World Food Day: How Rwanda keeps focus on food security

Thursday, October 27, 2022
WFP constructs terraces on hillslopes to create land for agriculture and increase food production. The harvest on terraced land increased by more than double. Photo: WFP-John Paul Sesonga.
Featured

World Food Day: How WFP is working to strengthen food systems

Thursday, October 27, 2022
A farmer sorts her beans plantation.Rwanda is offering free fertilisers to its farmer as it responds to high food prices, and drought that is threatening to cause crop production failure
Agriculture

Rwanda offers free fertilisers, irrigation as drought bites

Thursday, October 27, 2022
Farmers weeding their potato plantation in Muko Sector Musanze District. Potato farmers will from now start paying only RwfRwf603 a kilogramme for the NPK 17-17-17, a commonly used fertiliser in potato production.Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Govt increases fertiliser subsidies

Tuesday, October 25, 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
Layers are fed at Gikomero model village's mini poultry farm in Gasabo District. So far, feed for layers now costs Rwf560 a kilogram, an increase of about 65 per cent, from Rwf340. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana.
Business

RAB outlines alternative sources of animal feeds amid soaring prices

Monday, October 10, 2022
Delegates in a group photo during Rwanda Seed System Stakeholders socialisation meeting on SeedSAT, on September 30. / All photos: Craish Bahizi
Featured

AGRA’s SeedSAT seeks to strengthen Africa’s seed systems

Monday, October 03, 2022