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IYACU is a fortified whole maize flour product that One Acre Fund produces from maize grains aggregated from Rwandan farmers.
Featured

One Acre Fund-Tubura provides nutrient- rich maize flour to ECD centres

Tuesday, March 26, 2024
The official launch of the Africa Food Systems Annual Summit 2024, at the Kigali Convention Center (KCC) on March 26. Courtesy
Agriculture

Rwanda to host Africa food systems summit

Friday, March 22, 2024
Coffee farmer Mutibagirana sorts his plantation in Karenge sector, Rwamagana District. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Replacing aging trees to boost Rwanda’s coffee exports

Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Thomas Ostros, European Investment Bank (EIB Global) Vice President and Dianne Karusisi , Chief Executive Officer of Bank of Kigali exchange documents during the signing ceremony in Kigali on Thursday, March 14. All Photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Featured

European Investment Bank, BK ink partnership in agriculture finance

Friday, March 15, 2024
Women in Tuzamurane Cooperative work in their potato plantation in Musanze District. PHOTO: SAM NGENDAHIMANA
Women

Loans for women farmers decrease by 78%

Friday, March 15, 2024
Participants of the workshop pose for a photo. One Acre Fund aims to plant 250 million trees by 2030 and has already planted 96 million trees by the end of 2023. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Featured

FEATURED: One Acre Fund Rwanda reflects on tree campaign, unveils plans

Friday, March 08, 2024
Women drying chilli produce in Bugesera District. The new report has revealed that women own more agricultural land than men in Rwanda. File
Women

Women own more agricultural land than men in Rwanda - report

Friday, March 08, 2024
Delegates during the launch of a $62.89 million project to boost smallholder farmer's agriculture exports, on March 1. Photos by Jean Pierre Mazimpaka
Agriculture

NAEB launches $63m project to boost smallholder farmer's agri-exports

Saturday, March 02, 2024
A technician during an installation of a solar panel. Africa experiencing the transformative power of solar energy. With 660 million people still living without power in their homes and communities. Fille Photo

2023 shone bright for solar power, setting stage for brighter, more impactful 2024

Monday, February 19, 2024
Cows drink water from a trough supplied by one of solar-powered boreholes constructed under the initial Rwanda Dairy Development Project (RDDP), in Eastern Province, in 2020 (Photo courtesy of IFAD).
Agriculture

What $100 million project means to Rwanda’s dairy industry

Monday, February 19, 2024
The new project seeks to deal with climate change and variabilities that influence feed and water availability for cattle. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Rwanda

Inside Rwanda’s new $100 million dairy project

Thursday, February 15, 2024
Local farmers work at a Juncao farm in Lenginet village, Nakuru, Kenya, on Jan. 26, 2024. Introduced by Chinese agripreneur Jack Liu in 2021, Juncao grass has revolutionized animal husbandry in Kenya's semi-arid outposts, guaranteeing an uninterrupted supply of nutritious fodder to herders and subsistence farmers. (Xinhua/Han Xu)
International

Chinese-invented Juncao grass changing fortunes of Kenya's dairy farmers

Saturday, February 03, 2024