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International

China-Africa cooperation empowers African countries' drive toward modernization

Wednesday, September 04, 2024
Some of mushrooms grown at at the China-Rwanda Agriculture Technology Demonstration Centre in the southern city of Huye. Many Rwandans have started to benefit from this kind of farming. Photo by Craish Bahizi

Sowing new seeds for China-Africa agricultural cooperation

Wednesday, September 04, 2024
One of Doreen Karehe's greenhouses in which juicy strawberries are growing in hydroponics in Bugesera District. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Agriculture

Inside Rwanda’s $2 million Agritech Innovation Fund

Monday, September 02, 2024
Agronomists work in a potato seed multiplication centre in Musanze District. Rwanda is getting ready to test genetically modified potato varieties resistant to late blight. Sam Ngendahimana..
Agriculture

Researchers root for agricultural biotech to tackle food insecurity in Africa

Sunday, September 01, 2024
Agronomist works in a potato seed multiplication centre in Musanze District. Rwanda is getting ready to test genetically modified potato varieties resistant to late blight. Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Rwanda to begin GMO trials for potatoes by February 2025

Saturday, August 31, 2024
Children enjoying a nutritious meal at an Early Childhood Development Centre (ECD) in Nyamasheke District, thanks to the “Gikuriro Kuri Bose” programme that aims to combat stunting. Photo: Craish Bahizi.
Health

Inside Rwanda's five-year plan to halve child stunting

Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Workers at Kigali Leather Ltd, a factory in Kanzenze, Bugesera District. The government is seeking investors to develop a tannery park in the Bugesera Special Economic Zone
Rwanda

Govt courts investors for $15 million tannery park in Bugesera

Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Farmers drying their coffee produce in Ngoma District.Coffee is one of Rwanda’s top agricultural exports.. Photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Agriculture

Four things Rwanda is doing to increase coffee production

Thursday, August 22, 2024
Irrigation increased by around 50 per cent from 48,508 hectares in 2017 to 72,912 hectares in 2024.
Agriculture

How Rwanda's 2018-24 strategic agriculture transformation plan fared

Saturday, August 17, 2024
Agri-scientists work in Irish potato multiplication centre in Kiningi in Musanze District.
Agriculture

Top Rwandan crops on track to be 'genetically modified'

Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Hydroponic fodder is produced by growing seeds without soil and with minimal water, using about ten times less water than traditional methods. Courtesy
Agriculture

How farmers are saving cows with hydroponic fodder during dry spells

Thursday, July 25, 2024
A worker sorting seedlings in Nyagatare. Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB) is engaging farmers and the private sector in hydroponic fodder cultivation. Courtesy
Economy

Rwanda banks on ‘hydroponic fodder’ tech to boost milk production

Monday, July 22, 2024