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How off-grid cold storage systems are helping farmers reduce post-harvest losses

Tuesday, August 30, 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
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
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
Real Estateu2019s unfinished construction project in Nyarutarama, Gasabo District, is among the properties that were affected. In 2020, city authorities said that they had repossessed some 58 private properties. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.

Kigali city launches fresh operation against undeveloped land

Thursday, August 04, 2022
Residents queue for water at a public tap in Masaka Sector in Kicukiro District. Many households still face water shortage across the country.

Utility agency blames water scarcity on rapid urbanization

Sunday, July 31, 2022
Officials in a group photo as IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress culminates in Kigali with a u2018Kigali Call to Actionu2019 statement with contributions from heads of state, ministers and representatives of government on July 23.

APAC: Five key highlights from continental conservation congress

Saturday, July 23, 2022
A cross-section of delegates during the official opening of the African Protected Areas Congress in Kigali on Monday, July 18. The first-ever continent-wide gathering of over 2,000 delegates, will run through July 23. Photo: Dan Nsengiyumva.

African countries challenged to invest in biodiversity conservation

Tuesday, July 19, 2022
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Nyandungu Eco-Park: The saviour sights, sounds and medicinal herbs of Mother Nature

Thursday, July 14, 2022
Former street vendors' market will be among parts of Gisozi business centre that will be demolished.

Part of Gisozi business centre to be demolished over pollution

Monday, July 11, 2022
Musanze town.

Govt seeks to deploy managers for secondary cities

Wednesday, July 06, 2022
Pedestrians at Imbuga City Walk. The City of Kigali has announced that it will invest Rwf600 million under the 2022/23 fiscal year in extending Imbuga City Walk. File

City of Kigali to invest Rwf600m in extending Imbuga City Walk

Friday, July 01, 2022