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Various exhibitors including BK’s partners were recognised for their contributions to the sector.
Featured

FEATURED: BK awarded at Rwanda National Agriculture Show

Saturday, August 10, 2024
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Jean Chrysostome Ngabitsinze visits rice farmers in Rurambi marshland in Bugesera District in 2023. The newly initiated Rwanda Food Commodity Board aims at purchasing produce directly from farmers and its mission is to ensure national food security by making staple foods available and affordable. Courtesy

Key insights on the proposed 'Rwanda Food Commodity Board'

Thursday, August 08, 2024
Farmers sort their rice produce at Bugarama rice farm. Rwanda Food Commodity Board” will be purchasing produce from farmers and also help them afford agro-inputs. File
Agriculture

Rwanda mulls agency to purchase produce from farmers

Sunday, August 04, 2024
RAB announced an increase in agricultural production for the first quarter of 2024, spanning from September 2023 to February 2024, with an increase of 316,000 tons in crop yield.
Agriculture

Rwanda’s agricultural produce up by 300,000 tonnes

Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Packages of rice produce that was haversted in Nyagatare District. Rice mills have thousands of tonnes of unsold rice stocks, and they are struggling to buy produce from farmers. Courtesy
Agriculture

Rice mills struggle to buy farmers’ produce amid 'cheap imports'

Thursday, July 18, 2024
PSD members during the final campaign at Club Rafiki in Nyarugenge District on Saturday, July 13. Courtesy
Elections

Why PSD pledges special industrial zones for agricultural produce

Saturday, July 13, 2024
10 dead grey cranes on a rice farm of one of the residents at the Umuvamba Valley in Uwinkiko Village, Rwempasha Cell, Nyagatare District, on Saturday, June, 17. Courtesy
Environment

Nyagatare: Ten grey cranes poisoned, suspect apprehended

Monday, June 17, 2024
Thousands of dead fishes collected at Lake Muhazi where different cooperatives grow fishes on January 17,2021. The loss is due to water pollution . File
Agriculture

Relief for farmers as Rwanda adds fish to insurance

Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Officers during the launch of the campaign as they joined farmers in the fight against fall army worms to protect farmers from losses caused by the pest. Courtesy
Agriculture

Why Rwanda is mulling GM maize crop varieties

Wednesday, May 15, 2024
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Security

PHOTOS: Rwandan forces expand non-military activities in Mozambique

Friday, April 05, 2024
According to MINAGRI, maize production volume is estimated to be 446,460 metric tons, compared to 390,879 metric tons estimated in the same season of 2023. File
Agriculture

Gov’t highlights major plans to boost food crops production

Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Actors in the cooperative development sector in Eastern Province gathered to discuss about solutions that hinder cooperative development including misuse of resources, ghost cooperatives among others
Law

Cooperatives Agency pushes for specialised lawyers to bolster justice in cooperative offenses

Thursday, February 29, 2024