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 Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Emmanuel Ntirenganya
The Minister for Agriculture and Animal Resources, Dr Gerardine Mukeshimana (left), welcomes Dr Gaulbert Gbehounou, the new FAO Representative to Rwanda in Kigali last month. Courtesy.
Optimising farm productivity is my priority – FAO envoy Gbehounou
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Agriculture
Specialty coffee production projected to hit 80% by 2020
Rwanda will host a conference on youth employment in agriculture as a solid solution to ending hunger and poverty in Africa. (RYAF photo)
Rwanda
Conference to rally youth to use ICTs in fight against hunger
Assoumpta Uwamariya serving wine to a customer to sip during the Kigali the 2017 edition of International Trade Fair at Gikondo showground last year. / Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Conference to rally youth to use ICTs in fight against hunger
An aerial view of Remera, a Kigali suburb. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda
How new property tax law will affect you
Mutibagirana and his wife harvest coffee in their farm in Rwamagana District. S. Ngendahimana.
Regional coffee players target domestic market
A rice farmer in one of the rice gardens in Gatsata, Gasabo District. File
Agric forum to focus on ways to reduce Africa’s food imports
Health minister Dr Diane Gashumba is optimistic of Rwanda securing a WHO recognised partner in the countryu2019s mosquito manufacturing nets project . File photo..
Rwanda
Rwanda launches search for investors in bed nets factory
Livestock farmer Mutibagirana feeds his cow in Karenge Sector, Rwamagana District. S. Ngendahimana.
Livestock farmers want timely vaccinations
Chicken in a poultry farm. Sam Ngendahimana.
Local agribusiness entrepreneurs keen on Green Revolution funding
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
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
Children drink porridge at Mageragere ECDC in Nyarugenge District (Sam Ngendahimana)
Rwanda
Civil society pushes for food fortification
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
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
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
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
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

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