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FEATURED: Call for local consumption of coffee in producing countries

Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Coffee farmers from across the country pose for a photo.

Call for local consumption of coffee in producing countries

Monday, June 24, 2019
Researchers at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia, have documented the prevalence of bone spurs at the back of the skull among young adults. / Internet photo

Horns are growing on young people’s skulls. Phone use is to blame, research suggests

Thursday, June 20, 2019
COOPTHE Mulindi farmers and other workers that the cooperative employs are entitled to pension, which keeps their hope for a secure future alive (courtesy)
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FEATURED: Gicumbi tea cooperative enables farmers get pension, easy access to finance

Thursday, June 20, 2019
A worker during the weeding of rice in one of the cooperative's rice paddies that cover over 600 hecatres. Courtesy.
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FEATURED: How rice farmers’ cooperative amassed Rwf1bn in assets

Tuesday, June 18, 2019
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FEATURED: Let’s Talk Coffee Rwanda to bring women coffee producers closer to buyers

Monday, June 17, 2019
Coffee farmers in Karenge Sector, Rwamagana District, drink coffee at the event. Jean de Dieu Nsabimana.
Rwanda

Govt moves to boost coffee drinking culture

Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Prof Alexis Butera (centre) leads other doctors during an operation on a patient at King Faisal Hospital recently. / Sam Ngendahimana

Over three million suffer from respiratory diseases annually – report

Sunday, June 09, 2019
Jan Low is World Food Prize Co-Laureate and the Principal Scientist for the International Potato Centre. The agricultural economist is advocating for nutrition to be made a basic human right. / Courtesy

Could sweet potato be a solution to Africa’s food insecurity, malnutrition?

Sunday, June 09, 2019
Women work on a potato farm in Muko Sector, Musanze District. File.
Rwanda

Senators call for more funding for climate change adaptation

Friday, June 07, 2019
Senators during a session in the Parliament yesterday. / Craish Bahizi

Senators urge statistical office to play greater role in policymaking, planning

Friday, June 07, 2019
L-R: Eng. Colletta Ruhamya, director-general of Rwanda Environment Management Authority; Fatina Mukarubibi, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment; and Stephen Rodriques, UNDP Resident Representative in Rwanda during the official launch of the Third National Communication report on climate change, in Kigali yesterday. The report, which was prepared by REMA under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, provides an inventory of greenhouse gases in the country and mitigation measures. It was unveiled during an event to mark the World Environment Day in Kigali. / Nadege Imbabazi
Rwanda

Agriculture contributes 70% of greenhouse gas emissions in Rwanda – report

Wednesday, June 05, 2019