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Beyond the harvest, the real work begins beneath the surface. Leaving crop residues allows the farmers to return essential nutrients to the land, mimicking the natural protection of cover crops to build organic matter, keep soil moisture and combat erosion (Photo courtesy: RICA).

Naked soil, vanishing harvests: The hidden disaster beneath uncovered fields

Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Agriculture remains a key sector in Rwanda. The population is about 14 million, and agriculture contributes about 20% of GDP while employing approximately 38% of the workforce.

Why farming startups fail – and how you can avoid it

Monday, May 25, 2026
The Fourth India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS-IV) is scheduled to be held in New Delhi on May 31, 2026. Courtesy

India–Africa Forum Summit IV: A defining moment for the Global South

Thursday, May 14, 2026
Dr. Jean-Baptiste Ndahetuye speaks during the interview. Dan Gatsinzi
Featured

ACES equips innovators to reduce food and value loss across Rwanda’s cold chain

Friday, April 24, 2026
Field preparation and planting using minimal tillage methods. A key and the first of the principles of conservation agriculture, this practice supports healthy soils by improving water infiltration, preventing erosion, and sustaining microorganisms. (Photo Courtesy: RICA)

Stop ploughing blindly: Our soils need a new approach

Thursday, April 23, 2026
RICA alumni who attended the discussions at a stakeholder perspective on employability and impact workshop held on February 13.
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Featured: RICA graduates earn employers' praise as they root for sharper focus on job-ready skills

Monday, February 16, 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
Goma citizens walk and do their businesses freely in the city center on December 23, 2025. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Africa

Goma’s streets, markets, and people one year under AFC/M23

Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Image taken in Gakenke District starkly reveals the environmental cost of conventional tillage, where bare, disturbed soil is left defenceless against erosion, as evidenced by the sloughing hillside and washed-out field. Such practices compact the soil, severely hindering water infiltration and aggressively depleting the soil of its vital organic matter and nutrients. Photo: Courtesy of RICA

Conservation agriculture: Rwanda’s practical response to climate change and soil degradation

Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Some of the newly introduced electric buses operating in public transport at the Downtown Taxi Park in Kigali. File.
Environment

20 green initiatives that defined Rwanda’s climate agenda in 2025

Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Telesphore Ndabamenye (left) and Solange Uwituze (right) were appointed by President Paul Kagame to the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources on December 1. Courtesy
Agriculture

What awaits two technocrats at the helm of agriculture ministry

Wednesday, December 03, 2025
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Agriculture

A look at govt’s six projects to help create 800,000 agrifood jobs

Sunday, November 30, 2025