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Farmers havest Irish Potato in Gicumbi through green Gicumbi project. Rwanda produces 916,000 tonnes of Irish potatoes every year, making it the third most popular food crop produced.Couresty
Agriculture

Gicumbi seed multipliers to benefit from Rwf1.3b fund

Thursday, January 19, 2023
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
A wheat farmer works in his plantation in Burera District. / Photos: File.
Business

Experts call for improved access to quality seeds

Monday, December 20, 2021
The watermelon fruits that managed to grow do not look healthy. / Photo: Courtesy.
Rwanda

Farmers seek compensation for ‘fake’ watermelon seeds

Thursday, January 14, 2021
Farmers work in their potato plantation in Muko Sector in Musanze District.Farmers in Northern and Western provinces are still facing shortage of Irish Potato seeds. / Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Why are farmers facing shortage of Irish potato seeds?

Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Farmers get storage bags for post-harvest handling.

Over 71,000 farmers get fertilizers, seeds on credit from One Acre Fund-TUBURA

Saturday, August 29, 2020
Imbaraga Farmers Organisation says that distribution of sub-standard seeds has drastically reduced farmersu2019 income despite huge investment they put in agriculture sector. Courtesy.
Business

Farmers decry distribution of sub-standard seeds

Monday, December 23, 2019
Juliet Umwali, a professional Irish potato seed multiplier inside Horizon SOPYRWAu2019s green house. She says they encounter losses due to unscrupulous seed multipliers. Photo: Ru00e9gis Umurengezi.
Rwanda

Quack seed multipliers threaten country’s Irish potato production

Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Researchers under The African Seed Access Index have recommended more efforts to involve private sector in introduction and development of improved seeds, seeds availability as well as put in place mechanisms to create more seeds access from farmers. Net photo.
Business

Study recommends improved efforts to stamp out fake seeds

Monday, August 05, 2019
The New Times

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Tuesday, April 09, 2019
A researcher explains genetic resources conservation process in Genebank at Rubona research center. / Nadege Imbabazi

Experts urge African nations to increase science funding

Monday, April 24, 2017
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Business

EAC countries develop 5,000 standards to ease regional trade

Monday, May 11, 2015