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Seed production specialist at work inside a greenhouse at Sopyrwa in Musanze District in 2018. Agriculture is by far the most important economic sector in Africa, providing work for over 2 thirds of the population. / Photo: File.
Business

Smart agriculture essential in addressing rising food insecurities

Monday, March 08, 2021
Mentors help young girls by equipping them with knowledge about reproductive health, Gender Based Violence.
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FEATURED: ActionAid Rwanda has raised rural women’s economic and leadership power

Monday, March 08, 2021
William Mutero, Country Director of Plan International Rwanda.
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FEATURED - Women’s Day: A call to challenge harmful gender norms to unlock women’s potential

Sunday, March 07, 2021
Tractors working on a farm. Figures show that more than 60 per cent of the smallholder farmers in Rwanda have less than half arnhectare most of which is on hilly land and therefore need affordable mechanization technologies.

Rwanda turns to power tillers to mechanise agric

Tuesday, March 02, 2021
Merino sheep reared by Handspun Hope organisation. / Photo: Courtesy.
Business

Vulnerable women find sustainability in wool production

Monday, March 01, 2021
A farmer irrigates pineapples in Nyagatare District. An estimated 300,000 people are set to have access to clean water, while 7,380 hectares of farmland are expected to be irrigated. / Photo: Emmanuel Ntirenganya.
Rwanda

Nyagatare gets multi-billion Franc boost for clean water, irrigation

Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Famous long-horned royal cows, locally known as Inyambo, during Umuganura celebrations at Nyanza Stadium in 2019. / Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Rwf2.8 billion project set to boost Nyanza cultural tourism ambitions

Thursday, February 18, 2021
The New Times
People

One woman’s efforts to restore livelihood, self-worth of Genocide survivors

Wednesday, February 17, 2021
A veterinarian inoculates a pig to protect it against swine erysipelas as RAB started the vaccination against the disease on February 9, 2021 . / Courtesy
Rwanda

Swine erysipelas vaccine offers relief to pig farmers

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Farmers work in a cabbage plantation in Musanze District. The current Covid-19-related travel restrictions have left farmers faced with a myriad of challenges, from loss of market and food waste to limited access to sources of production.

How smallholder farmers are coping with the pandemic

Monday, February 08, 2021
The New Times
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FEATURED: Dutch NGO boosts strawberry farming in five Rwandan districts

Saturday, February 06, 2021
The New Times
Business

Young woman entrepreneur develops software for Covid-19 contact tracing

Monday, February 01, 2021