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Washing fruits and vegetables does not remove all pesticides, according to scientists.

Pesticides in our food: The silent danger washing can’t remove

Saturday, July 19, 2025
Rwanda is set to introduce 11 new high-yielding and climate-resilient varieties to revitalize production and improve food security. Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Rwanda trials 11 new potato varieties as Kinigi ages

Monday, July 14, 2025
Stakeholders and the Officials pose for a group Photo during the conference in Kigali. On Thursday, June 26,
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FEATURED: Experts urge stronger value chain links in Rwanda’s fresh produce sector

Saturday, June 28, 2025
An agric expert woorks at an irish potato seed multiplication centre in Kinigi in Musanze District.. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Govt to pilot three biotech crops

Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Loeper witnessed many harrowing events during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, but one moment remains especially haunting. Photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Society

Shut up and Hide: A mother’s love in the face of Genocide

Thursday, June 12, 2025
Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan (Centre), Minister of Agriculture Mark Cyubahiro Bagabe (R) and Canisius Kanangire, Executive Director of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation(L) among other participants at the agricultural tech conference in Kigali, on Monday, June 9, 2025. Courtesy
Agriculture

Major agric meet in Kigali discusses improving farmers' access to technologies

Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Mourners inside the memorial to honour the victims at Ntarama Genocide Memorial. Sam Ngendahimana
Kwibuka

Explainer: Understanding the ten stages of Genocide

Thursday, April 10, 2025
1. Potato farmers in Gataraga Sector, Musanze District, tour their consolidated land near Virunga mountains zone. Photos by Germain Nsanzimana
Agriculture

Smallholder farmers in Burera, Musanze ‘reaping big’ thanks to new agriculture insurance scheme

Sunday, April 06, 2025
Gakuba Jonas, farmer practicing Conservation Agriculture
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Inside RICA's first-ever Conservation Agriculture Symposium: stakeholders shaping a sustainable future

Tuesday, April 01, 2025
The Rwanda Stand at BIOFACH 2025 in Nuremberg-Germany. Photo: Courtesy
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PRESS RELEASE: Rwandan companies, cooperatives showcase organic products at BIOFACH 2025 in Germany

Thursday, March 20, 2025
Members of the Dukomeze Ubuzima potato cooperative in Musanze planting crops. Photos by Germain Nsanzimana.
Agriculture

Unsustainable farming practices threaten soil health in Virunga mountains

Thursday, February 20, 2025
Workers inside a green house in which they grow new varieties of sweet potatoes in Musanze District. Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Govt steps up fight against certified seed shortages

Tuesday, January 28, 2025