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Food stalls at Kimisagara market in Kigali. Rwanda has seen a significant improvement in its food security status, with statistics from a 2018 report showing that 81.3 per cent of its population was food secure. Photo: Craish Bahizi.
Rwanda

World Food Day: How Rwanda keeps focus on food security

Thursday, October 27, 2022
WFP constructs terraces on hillslopes to create land for agriculture and increase food production. The harvest on terraced land increased by more than double. Photo: WFP-John Paul Sesonga.
Featured

World Food Day: How WFP is working to strengthen food systems

Thursday, October 27, 2022
The New Times
Editorial

Subsidies must be felt by final consumer

Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Farmers weeding their potato plantation in Muko Sector Musanze District. Potato farmers will from now start paying only RwfRwf603 a kilogramme for the NPK 17-17-17, a commonly used fertiliser in potato production.Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Govt increases fertiliser subsidies

Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Workers sorting new cassava varieties that were multiplied at RAB station in Huye. Photo: Courtesy.
Agriculture

Scientists banking on GM crop varieties to lift cassava industry

Monday, October 17, 2022
Men watering gardens to boost productivity. FAO officials say Social protection has a critical role to play in boosting productivity, improving food and nutrition security. All photos: Olivier Mugwiza.
Featured

My children will never be malnourished again – FAO beneficiary

Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Layers are fed at Gikomero model village's mini poultry farm in Gasabo District. So far, feed for layers now costs Rwf560 a kilogram, an increase of about 65 per cent, from Rwf340. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana.
Business

RAB outlines alternative sources of animal feeds amid soaring prices

Monday, October 10, 2022
One of the food gardens Kabagambe established in Masaka, in Kigali .
Agriculture

Varsity graduate reaping big from urban farming

Monday, October 10, 2022
A resident of Mukamira Sector, Ndinayo is one of the men who are the first to directly get involved in the fight against stunting in Nyabihu District.
Featured

Nyabihu: Where men ‘lead by example’ in fight against stunting

Monday, October 10, 2022
Women in Tuzamurane Cooperative work in their potato plantation in Musanze District. Targeted project beneficiaries are farmers, farmers’ cooperatives and micro small and medium sized agri-enterprises. / Photo: Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Farmers to access cheap loans under $300m agric project

Monday, October 03, 2022
Inside one of Irish potato shops in Nyabisindu in Kigali. The average price per kilogramme for Irish potatoes has increased from Rwf300 to over Rwf500. / Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Top foodstuffs with soaring prices

Thursday, September 29, 2022
Students during lunch time at Groupe Scolaire Ayabaraya in Kicukiro District on February 28. Educationists have expressed concern that the funding towards students’ meals is too small after the parents’ contribution was slashed to just Rwf975 per term despite the rise in commodity prices. Photo: Craish Bahizi.
Education

Educationists express concern over new school feeding programme

Thursday, September 29, 2022