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Beans for better nutrition and attainment of the global goals

Sunday, September 04, 2022
Jean-Claude Musabyimana, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Animals Resources.
Featured

How Rwanda could benefit from AGRF summit

Friday, September 02, 2022
Kirambo trading centre in Burera District is one of the areas set to directly benefit from the proposed Base-Kidaho stalled road project connecting Rulindo and Burera districts.
Politics

PAC hearings begin next week

Thursday, September 01, 2022
Pedestrians wade through a flooded wetland in Kigali on January 28, 2020. more than 745,000 hectares of agricultural land in Rwanda potentially loses its topsoil every year . File

Experts weigh in on soil erosion-induced losses

Wednesday, August 10, 2022
A flooded wetland at Masaka in Kicukiro District in April. According to the State of Soil Erosion Control in Rwanda May 2022, more than 745,000 hectares of agricultural land in Rwanda are potentially eroded every year.Courtesy

How soil erosion is posing a threat on food security

Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Farmers try to salvage some of their rice produce washed away by floods in Nyagatare District in 2019. According to the report, more than 745,000 hectares of agricultural land is potentially eroded every year.

Rwanda loses over Rwf800bn annually due to soil erosion –new report

Tuesday, August 09, 2022
The New Times

Optimism as stalled US$12 million agric project is ‘put back on track’

Monday, August 08, 2022
A landscape view of former Gikondo industrial park after demolishing properties to conserve wetlands in Kigali in 2020. Under the Kigali City Wetland Master Plan, 3,888 hectares are reserved for conservation. According to the new study, the city has about 37 interconnected wetlands with a total area of about 9,160 hectares.

Study: Kigali City wetlands could generate over $155m annually

Monday, August 08, 2022
President Paul Kagame delivers remarks during the swearing in ceremony of new ministers in Kigali on Tuesday, August 2. Kagame revealed that , following the creation of the new ministry some state enterprises will immediately be privatised while for others it will be gradual.He emphasised that the government's responsibility is not to engage in profit-oriented business but rather to facilitate the private sector. Photo by Village Urugwiro

Kagame backs privatisation of state-owned enterprises

Tuesday, August 02, 2022
A veterinarian conducts an artificial insemination at Gako meat project in Bugesera District. Rwanda Agricultural board plans to scale up bovine embryo transfer technology use in the country to increase improved cattle breeds and restocking of new breeds in the dairy and beef sector as well as conserving local cattle breeds such as Inyambo. Photo: Courtesy.

RAB banks on technology for improved cattle breeds and output

Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Agriculture technicians work on multiplication of a new variety of Irish potato seedlings in Musanze District. Agri experts are making a case for adopting agricultural biotechnology. According to the experts, genetically modified crops produced through the use of biotechnology have much to offer in line with addressing food insecurity and the increasing production costs. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.

How agricultural biotechnology could boost food security

Friday, July 22, 2022
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How community involvement has boosted conservation in Volcanoes National Park

Thursday, July 21, 2022