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Workers sort sweet potatoes at a greenhouse in Musanze District. The centre has become a solution to the farmers who struggled to get good seeds. / Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Expert makes case for agric biotechnology

Monday, October 17, 2022
Farmers spraying pesticides in a maize plantation. According to farmers, yields are likely to be low in farming season A if rains continue to be minimal. Photo: File.
Agriculture

Food prices will keep increasing if rains remain low, warn farmers

Monday, October 10, 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
The New Times

Promote innovations to end cycle of poverty among smallholder farmers

Thursday, October 06, 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
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
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
Millet is also known as a powerhouse of antioxidants, flavonoids, anthocyanins, saponins, and lignans that provide one with impressive health benefits. Net photo.
Wellness

Health benefits of millet porridge

Sunday, October 02, 2022
The New Times
Featured

BRAC Turns 50

Friday, September 30, 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
Liliane Uwintwali (second from right) the CEO of Mahwi Tech, receives an award in recognition of her effort to boost the income of smallholder farmers. This was during the just-concluded African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) held in Kigali.Courtesy
Technology

Software engineer on creating platform linking smallholder farmers to markets

Thursday, September 29, 2022
Some of the children who benefit from the government-provided Shisha Kibondo aimed at fighting stunting. All photos: Courtesy.
Featured

Shisha Kibondo porridge: How fortified flour is ‘driving down’ stunting levels

Thursday, September 29, 2022