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Farmers observe hybrid maize varieties during a field demonstration aimed at promoting improved seed use and cultivation practices. COURTESY.
Agriculture

Rwanda bets on hybrid seed to close its maize yield gap

Friday, February 20, 2026
A worker carries bags of imported rice while offloading a cross-border truck at the Kigali Business Central District in Nyarugenge on December 24, 2025. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Agriculture

Why rising farm output hasn’t cut food imports

Thursday, February 05, 2026
The New Times

When theory meets the village: How Rwanda turned ‘The End of Poverty’ into practice

Wednesday, February 04, 2026
A poultry farmer tends to her chicken farm in Ruhango District. Photo by Willy Mucyo

Why has the chicken refused to cross the road?

Wednesday, January 28, 2026
The Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Telesphore Ndabamenye delivers his remarks at the launch of the partnership on Thursday January 15. Courtesy
Agriculture

New partnerships aim to strengthen, clean up seed supply chain

Friday, January 16, 2026
Inside a vegetable show room. On Monday, new regulations came into force in Britain banning daytime TV and online adverts for the so-called junk foods.

Why go to the supermarket, when you can go to the local market for food

Thursday, January 15, 2026
Farmers work to salvage their rice fields after floods damaged plantations in Nyagatare in 2022. File
Agriculture

Climate shocks trigger fresh calls to scale up farmers’ insurance

Tuesday, January 06, 2026
A worker seals wheat flour packages at Azam Industries in Kigali on October 27. Rwanda relies on Russia, Ukraine, the USA, Australia, Brazil, and other countries for wheat imports. Photo courtesy.
Agriculture

Why local wheat industry still depends on imports – and what must change

Thursday, December 11, 2025
Farmers transport pineapples to the market in Ngoma District. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana.
Agriculture

New push to expand access to finance for Rwandan farmers

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Farmers work in a potato plantation in Musanze. The rate of mineral fertilizer application has risen from 32 kilograms per hectare in 2017 to 73.1 kilograms per hectare. Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

How fertilizer use boosts Rwanda's crop yields

Sunday, October 05, 2025
Prime Minister Junstin Nsengiyumva addresses a joint plenary session of both chambers of Parliament, on October 2. Courtesy
Agriculture

Rwanda’s agro-processing value hits Rwf1trn as PM pledges more support

Friday, October 03, 2025
Fred Kwizera Programme Manager for Sustainable Agriculture who works with Solid Africa, which grows crops to supply schools, hospitals, the Special Economic Zone and other institutions. Courtesy
Agriculture

Rwandan farms go high-tech to fight drought

Monday, September 15, 2025