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Vendors at Nyarugenge Market. Food and non-alcoholic beverages increased by 39.7 per cent in October 2022 compared to the same month of 2021 according to Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI). Craish Bahizi
Business

Urban food prices rise by 40 per cent

Thursday, November 10, 2022
The New Times

Africa’s Perennial Problem of Feeding its Population

Tuesday, November 01, 2022
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
The New Times
Africa

Rwandan Police peacekeepers in South Sudan donate to orphans

Wednesday, October 26, 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
A landscape picture of Mukunguri rice plantation in Kamonyi District. Rwanda is set to increase the scale of land on which rice is grown by 5,000 hectares to intensify production. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Rwanda to increase rice plantations by 5,000 hectares

Saturday, October 15, 2022
Employees of Pfunda Tea factory sort fresh tea leaves in Rubavu district. 165,500 formal workers in the country are set to benefit from tax exemption for a monthly [gross] income not exceeding Rwf60,000, according to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. Photo: Craish Bahizi.
Rwanda

Over 165,000 set to get income tax relief

Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Researchers say that waist circumference is a more important marker than overall obesity. Photo/Depositphotos
Wellness

Why waist size matters as much as your weight

Sunday, October 09, 2022
Layers at Gikomera Farm in Gasabo District. Poultry farmers said animal feed is too expensive and continues to be a major constraint on poultry productivity. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Poultry farmers decry soaring cost of feed

Wednesday, October 05, 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