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Farmers spraying pesticides in a maize plantation in Musanze. File
Agriculture

New agriculture law lays out measures to control pests

Thursday, October 15, 2026
Athanase Nduwumuremyi, Coordinator of OFAB Rwanda Chapter (R) explaining about the performance of biotech cassava to AATF officials in Rubona, Huye District, on June 18. Courtesy
Agriculture

New cassava, potato varieties await final approval before distribution

Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Visitors during a guided tour of a coffee plantation in Kirehe District. File
Agriculture

Coffee day: A look at Rwanda’s evolving coffee farming

Thursday, October 01, 2026
Farmers spray pesticides on a maize plantation in Musanze District amid calls for a new law to address concerns over seed quality. COURTESY PHOTO
Agriculture

Farmers want new law to tackle seed quality concerns

Friday, September 18, 2026
Minister of State for Infrastructure Armand Zingiro speaks during the the IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Austrie. Courtesy
Rwanda

Rwanda eyes nuclear tech to improve agriculture

Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Workers pack chilli peppers at NAEB in Kigali for export. File photo.
Agriculture

New traceability drive seeks to protect horticulture exports

Monday, September 14, 2026
Solange Uwituze, Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI).
Agriculture

Minister Uwituze talks plan to raise food crop productivity by 50%

Sunday, September 06, 2026
Rwandan Agnes Kalibata, a board member of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Agriculture

New research seeks to make maize safer from aflatoxin

Wednesday, September 02, 2026
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), smallholders working up to 10 hectares manage roughly 80 percent of the farmland in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Courtesy

Until farmers can sell what they grow, Africa’s Food System will not transform

Friday, August 28, 2026
An agronomist works in a seeds multiplication centre in Kinigi in Musanze District. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Law

11 things to know about new agriculture law

Tuesday, August 04, 2026
Millipede infestations spread across more than 2,500 hectares of farmland in Eastern Province, threatening production ahead of the next planting season. Photo by Emmanuel Nkangura
Agriculture

Eastern Province: Maize farmers get treated seeds amid pests

Sunday, August 02, 2026
Some fruitbats that live in some trees in Nyarutarama in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Rwanda

How bat conservation protects people and nature

Wednesday, July 29, 2026