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Rwanda is seeking to increase sweet potato production from eight to 30 tonnes per hectare using six new varieties. Courtesy
Agriculture

Rwanda turns to sweet potatoes as wheat flour baking substitute

Monday, October 23, 2023
The New Times
Business

Flo, Africa’s first organic beer, enters the Rwandan market

Monday, October 23, 2023
Minister of Agriculture Ildephonse Musafiri with officials from One Acre Fund, RICA,during the groundbreaking ceremony of a Seed Centre to be constructed in Bugesera , on October 6, 2023.
Agriculture

PHOTOS: How farmers, seed companies stand to benefit from seed centre at RICA

Saturday, October 07, 2023
The New Times
Featured

FEATURED: One Acre Fund, RICA, Howard Buffett Foundation launch seed centre in Bugesera

Friday, October 06, 2023
Officials and participants pose for a group photo during the closing workshop on the project in Kigali, on September 29. Craish Bahizi
Featured

FEATURED: FAO project helps improve Rwanda’s soil testing, productivity

Monday, October 02, 2023
Vincent Mwiseneza quit his lucrative job to venture into farming, and urges the youth to see the opportunities in agriculture. Courtesy photos.
Agriculture

From farm to table: Agriprenuer on how improved seeds can revolutionise food security

Monday, September 18, 2023
Mourners visit Bisesero Genocide Memorial in Karongi District (Sam Ngendahimana)
Rwanda

Explainer: UNESCO heritage sites and why they matter

Friday, September 08, 2023
The revenue-sharing scheme, initiated in 2005, aims to curb poaching in the parks and enhance the living conditions of the neighboring communities by providing viable livelihood options.Courtesy
Rwanda

RDB disburses Rwf3bn to communities around parks ahead of Kwita Izina

Saturday, August 26, 2023
One of mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park. Sam Ngendahimana

Governments must meet their biodiversity pledges

Thursday, August 17, 2023
AGRA’s Regional Head, East and Southern Africa, Jean Jacques Mbonigaba Muhinda, during an interview with The New Times, on August 12, 2023, ahead of the launch of a new five-year country strategy in Rwanda (Photos by Emmanuel Ntirenganya).
Agriculture

AGRA to double investment in Rwanda’s agric sector under new strategy

Sunday, August 13, 2023
A flooded wetland in Kicukiro. Members of the Committee on Land, Agriculture, Livestock, and Environment have voiced concerns regarding the vulnerability of a vast expanse of 1,080,000 hectares at high risk of soil erosion.
Environment

Legislators express concern as a million hectares face soil erosion

Tuesday, August 08, 2023
Geographically, Madagascar – lying off the southeastern coast of Africa – is close to Comoros, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, and South Africa.
Tourism

Madagascar: A sneak peek into the “eighth continent”, home to rich cultural diversity

Monday, August 07, 2023