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According to the report, the prices for vegetables increased by 34.4 percent, bread and cereals by 26.3 percent, meat by 18 percent, milk, cheese and eggs by 11.2 percent while non-alcoholic beverages prices increased by 10.4 percent.

Food prices rise by 28 per cent in urban areas

Thursday, August 11, 2022
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Jean-Chrysostome Ngabitsinze interacts with Denis Karera during the opening of East African Business Council, consultative meeting between East African Community, Southern African Development Cooperation and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa in Kigali on August 10.

Agro-processors urged to tap into continental trade platform

Thursday, August 11, 2022
Pedestrians wade through a flooded wetland in Kigali on January 28, 2020. more than 745,000 hectares of agricultural land in Rwanda potentially loses its topsoil every year . File

Experts weigh in on soil erosion-induced losses

Wednesday, August 10, 2022
A flooded wetland at Masaka in Kicukiro District in April. According to the State of Soil Erosion Control in Rwanda May 2022, more than 745,000 hectares of agricultural land in Rwanda are potentially eroded every year.Courtesy

How soil erosion is posing a threat on food security

Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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EDITORIAL; We must act now to save our soils

Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Farmers try to salvage some of their rice produce washed away by floods in Nyagatare District in 2019. According to the report, more than 745,000 hectares of agricultural land is potentially eroded every year.

Rwanda loses over Rwf800bn annually due to soil erosion –new report

Tuesday, August 09, 2022
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Optimism as stalled US$12 million agric project is ‘put back on track’

Monday, August 08, 2022
Workers pack fertiliser at a compost site in Musanze District. Photo: Courtesy.

How three local entrepreneurs struck gold in garbage dumps

Monday, August 08, 2022
A landscape view of former Gikondo industrial park after demolishing properties to conserve wetlands in Kigali in 2020. Under the Kigali City Wetland Master Plan, 3,888 hectares are reserved for conservation. According to the new study, the city has about 37 interconnected wetlands with a total area of about 9,160 hectares.

Study: Kigali City wetlands could generate over $155m annually

Monday, August 08, 2022
Visitors tour e-waste recycling and dimantling facility in Bugesera District.Rwanda and ARISE IIP have entered into a joint venture to develop Bugesera special economic zone. File

Why joint venture to develop Bugesera special economic zone is timely

Sunday, August 07, 2022
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente gives cows to residents of Rulindo during Umuganura event on August 5. All photos by Dan Nsengiyumva

PM gifts cows to vulnerable families in celebration of Umuganura

Friday, August 05, 2022
A traditional table set-up at Ikirenga Cultural Centre in Rulindo District. Sorghum cake, vegetables and milk were important meals in Rwanda. Photos: Dan Nsengiyumva.

Umuganura and the values behind it

Friday, August 05, 2022