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Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Farmers can now sell their cows following the lifting of the ban on cattle movement. Nadege Imbabazi.
Relief for farmers as ban on livestock movement is lifted
Wednesday, August 01, 2018
Farmers spray cows against Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in Eastern Province. The locally made drug, PermaPy Plus can tackle both ticks, and mosquitoes that cause. Emmanuel Ntirenganya.
Farmers urged to use new drug to fight drug resistant ticks
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Children drink porridge at Mageragere ECDC in Nyarugenge District (Sam Ngendahimana)
Rwanda
Civil society pushes for food fortification
Friday, July 27, 2018
Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping pay their respects to victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. (Courtesy)
Modi, Xi root for peace as they pay tribute to genocide victims
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Pascal Ruganintwali, Deputy Commissioner General of RRA (right), and RSSB Director General Jonathan Gatera, during the launch of unified declaration for PAYE, Pension & Occupational Hazards, and Medical & Maternity leave.
New online system to ease PAYE, social security payments
Saturday, July 21, 2018
RAB Director General, Dr Patrick Karangwa, speaks during the partnership signing ceremony between One Acre Fund, Western Seed Company and Agro-Processing Industries. Nadege Imbabazi.
New partnership to reduce Rwanda’s seed import bill
Friday, July 20, 2018
Modeste Munyuzangabo, the president of Rwanda Retireesu2019 Association, (ARR) during a news conference on the need to increase minimum wage and pension, in Kigali, in October 2016. Jean de Dieu Nsabimana
Rwanda
Pensioners fault laws for denying them access to their benefits
Thursday, July 19, 2018
Janviu00e8re Ingabire, the founder of Igisura Company Ltd, shows a bottle of wine she made from stinging nettle (Igisura) during the 13th national agriculture show at Mulindi. Emmanuel Ntirenganya.
Rwanda
Inside Rwanda’s growing herbal medicine industry
Monday, July 16, 2018
Arsene Simbi Rutangira (third left) explains how the solar-powered soil test and automatic irrigation system works. Emmanuel Ntirenganya.
Young innovators develop solar-powered technology to manage farming remotely
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Dusabe (R) receives dairy farming equipment from RABu2019s Dr Uwituze as award for her cow u2018Mbabaziu2019 which won milk competition at Mulindi agriculture show ground in Gasabo District on Monday. Emmanuel Ntirenganya.
Of Dusabe’s cow that won the national milking competition
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Some of the confiscated drugs including licking mineral blocks, amitix for tick control among others, Monday, July 9, 2018 (Emmanuel Ntirenganya)
Govt mounts crackdown on counterfeit livestock drugs
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
A female veterinarian inseminates a cow at Mulindi agriculture show ground in Gasabo District last week. Courtesy.
New semen storage plant set to ease artificial insemination
Sunday, July 08, 2018
The inside of the Mulindi National Liberation Struggle Museum, which was inaugurated by President Paul Kagame on December 17, 2012. File.
July 4: A rebirth of a nation, reflecting on a liberation struggle
Wednesday, July 04, 2018
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FEATURED: How RSSB managed small contributions for a sustainable pension scheme
Wednesday, July 04, 2018
City of Kigali will rehabilitate the Kicukiro-Gahanga highway. S. Ngendahimana.
Rwanda
Sonatube-Gahanga road set for expansion
Sunday, July 01, 2018
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente consults with agriculture minister Gerardine Mukeshimana during the launch of the fourth Agriculture Transformation Strategy yesterday. The ambitious strategy is to be financed by public funding, development partners like the European Union and the private sector. / Courtesy
Rwanda launches Rwf2.7 trillion agriculture development strategy
Friday, June 29, 2018
Dr Hitimana tends to geranium plants in a farm in Kirehe District, last week. Emmanuel Ntirenganya.
Essential oils: Hitimana builds an export enterprise in Kirehe District
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Cows graze in Nyagatare District. The share of local breed dropped from about 100 per cent in 1995 to 38 percent in 2017, according to MINAGRI. Emmaunel Ntirenganya.
Agriculture
Rwanda’s milk production on the rise as cattle population drop
Friday, June 22, 2018

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