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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
Inside Gakenke based pig abattoir. With the demand for pork set to rise, Rwanda is building more pig abattoirs countrywide. Courtesy
Rwanda

Why govt is constructing pig abattoirs countrywide

Thursday, May 09, 2024
Delegates at the meeting organized by One Acre Fund Rwanda to discuss the achievements in agriculture in the last two seasons (2024AB) and the action plan for the 2025AB seasons, in Kigali on Tuesday, May 7. Courtesy.
Featured

One Acre Fund Rwanda boosts the income for over 850,000 farmers

Wednesday, May 08, 2024
Some of the 45 Merinos ewes and 5 rams that were imported from Kenya to improve the genetic quality of the local sheep population. They are bred in Gishwati.
Rwanda

Nyabihu's sheep market sees high demand from Congolese buyers

Wednesday, May 08, 2024
The government aims to increase meat consumption from small livestock farming to 80%, with cows accounting for 20%. Photo: Courtesy.
Rwanda

How small livestock farming is enhancing lives in Ruhango District

Wednesday, May 01, 2024
Marine Umukunzi SDGP Maize Project Manager at Agriterra (in front) with KABOKU cooperative farmers, plant maize seeds in demo plots for minimum tillage trial, in Umuvumba Umuvumba valley, in Nyagatare District, on April 3.
Featured

Maize farmers reap benefits from SDGP maize project

Saturday, April 06, 2024
The Food Waste Index Report 2024 by the UN Environment Programme has indicated that, on average, each person wastes 79 kilogrammes of food annually. Internet
Environment

Each person wastes 79 kilogrammes of food annually – UN report

Friday, April 05, 2024
Bellancile Uzayisenga, the Acting Plant and Microbial Biotechnology Programme Coordinator, and Senior Principal Research Fellow at Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB).
Women

How one scientist is changing the narrative for girls in STEM

Wednesday, April 03, 2024
Pests known as 'mealybugs' have wreaked havoc on mango crops, causing a shortage in markets across Kigali city. File
Agriculture

Persistent pests trigger mango shortage in markets

Monday, April 01, 2024
Inside Nyabugogo abattoir in Kigali. According to the statistics Rwanda’s meat exports more than doubled, reaching $22.3 million in the fiscal year 2022-2023. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Economy

A look at meat; Rwanda’s emerging export

Monday, April 01, 2024
Agric workers sorting a new Irish potato variety that is grown in a greenhouse in Kinigi Sector in Musanze District. Rwanda, on February 21, promulgated a law governing biosafety, which seeks to ensure that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are handled, transferred and used safely in the country. PHOTO BY SAM NGENDAHIMANA
Health

Inside Rwanda's biosafety law set to regulate GMOs

Monday, March 04, 2024
Delegates during the launch of a $62.89 million project to boost smallholder farmer's agriculture exports, on March 1. Photos by Jean Pierre Mazimpaka
Agriculture

NAEB launches $63m project to boost smallholder farmer's agri-exports

Saturday, March 02, 2024