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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
An Irish potato shop in Nyabisindu in Kigali. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
Agriculture

Govt moves to probe ‘sharp’ increase in potato prices

Wednesday, September 14, 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
Farmers who are counting losses due to late blight disease welcome the plan to use agricultural biotechnology in developing a resistant crop variety. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.

Farmers upbeat about new potato variety

Monday, July 18, 2022
The New Times

How is Rwanda faring in agricultural bio-technology?

Monday, June 27, 2022
Some farmers in a group photo after completing a training on agriculture. Farmersu2019 capacity were strengthened to produce high quality and quantity of agricultural products to markets. Courtesy.

FEATURED: EUCORD and FAO join effort to supply fresh agricultural productsin Kigali and Rulindo markets

Wednesday, May 11, 2022
The Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Jean Chrysostome Ngabitsinze urged youth to exploit available opportunities offered by the government of Rwanda in the Agricultural Sector. All photos by Dan Nsengiyumva

AGRA rallies stakeholders towards cohesive approach to youth employment

Friday, March 25, 2022
Farmers sort their maize production at a collection site in Gatsibo District. / Courtesy.
Rwanda

Senate to look into farmers’ post-harvest handling dissatisfaction

Friday, February 11, 2022
Farmers puts fertilizers in potato plantation in Muko Sector Musanze District. / Sam Ngendahimana
Rwanda

Farmers wary over rising fertiliser prices

Tuesday, January 25, 2022
The majority of farmers reported Potato Bacterial Wilt disease to be the major disease constraint to potato farming. / Net photo.
Business

What are the most prevalent potato diseases in Rwanda?

Monday, November 15, 2021
A mini shop for potatoes in Kigali.

Middlemen plunge potato farmers into losses

Sunday, November 07, 2021
Workers sort some dried banana in Gatsibo District . / Courtesy
Rwanda

Govt to upgrade community-based factories before privatization

Thursday, October 21, 2021