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Rwanda

Food security must rank alongside defence – Irish hopeful for FAO top job

Saturday, September 05, 2026
Some cows in Nyagatare based farm. File
Rwanda

What to know about new bill on animal welfare, fisheries

Sunday, February 08, 2026
A worker carries bags of imported rice while offloading a cross-border truck at the Kigali Business Central District in Nyarugenge on December 24, 2025. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Agriculture

Why rising farm output hasn’t cut food imports

Thursday, February 05, 2026
Farmers have identified eight seed varieties across six crops as the most climate-resilient and high-yielding. The crops assessed include potatoes, cassava, rice, maize, cabbage and onions. Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Farmers pick climate-smart seeds that double yields

Thursday, January 01, 2026
Mariette Mico shares her experience and how she ended up liking agriculture, as Janvier Nsanzimana (R) follow at the Youth Forward for Agrifood Systems Transformation (YOUTH FAST) Forum 2025, in Kigali, on November 24 (courtesy)
Featured

Young graduates find prosperity, purpose in agribusiness

Tuesday, November 25, 2025
A medic conducts EBOLA vaccination exercise in Rubavu on December 8, 2019. File
Featured

Africa’s vaccine revolution: Why cold-chain innovation matters more than ever

Sunday, November 16, 2025
Ten outstanding young entrepreneurs were awarded Rwf 10,000,000 in seed funding and 6 months of mentorship to grow their agribusiness ventures. Courtesy
Business

Ten agripreneurs share Rwf100m in funding from Imbuto Foundation

Saturday, October 25, 2025
Farmers sort their rice produce in Bugarama wetland in Rusizi District. Courtesy

World Food Day 2025: Let us be better together

Thursday, October 16, 2025
The delegates pose for a group photo after the event on July 17 at Serena Hotel in Kigali
Featured

How FAO-led water-related disasters control project benefitted farmers in Rwanda, Kenya

Monday, July 21, 2025
Dr Claude Muvunyi, the Director General of the Rwanda Biomedical Centre speaks at the event. Courtesy
Health

Rwanda rolls out five-year plan to combat drug resistance

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Congolese refugees in Mahama camp in Rwanda's Eastern Province protest against killings of Banyamulenge, Hema and Tutsi people in eastern DR Congo on March 6, 2024.
International

Hundreds of experts, academics, lawyers, religious leaders, writers, artists write to UN chief over persecution of Congolese Tutsi

Sunday, March 09, 2025
Delegates during the launch of the “Foster Methane Mitigation in Agriculture and Livestock Sectors” project on Tuesday, February 18. Courtesy
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FEATURED: Rwanda, FAO collaborate to mitigate methane emissions in agriculture, livestock sectors

Wednesday, February 19, 2025