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A worker goes through coffee beans on a drier at a collection centre in Kirehe District. Reliance on the Arabica variety limits Rwanda's coffee competitiveness on the global market.File
Agriculture

Coffee sector seeks new varieties to raise yields

Monday, August 31, 2026
Participants urged EALA to ensure that the bill is consistent with the EAC Treaty, the EAC Common Market Protocol. courtesy
Rwanda

Key issues Rwandans want addressed in EAC seed, plants bill

Sunday, August 30, 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
Participants during an antimicrobial resistance (AMR) training in Huye District on June 29, 2026. Courtesy

Africa’s next AMR battle is turning ambition into action

Friday, August 28, 2026
Winners of the Best of Rwanda Specialty Coffee Competition 2026 pose with officials after receiving their awards in Kigali, on August 27.
Business

NAEB crowns top coffees at Best of Rwanda 2026, setting sights on higher export revenues

Thursday, August 27, 2026
Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva and officials during a guided tour of Muvumba Multi-Purpose Water Resource Development Programme in Nyagatare District. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Infrastructure

Over Rwf330 bn needed to expand Muvumba irrigation scheme

Thursday, August 27, 2026
Rwanda’s Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Telesphore Ndabamenye speaks during the opening of a two-day Eastern Africa Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum in Kigali on Monday, August 24. Photos by Kellya Keza
Rwanda

Eastern Africa taps FAO’s Hand-in-Hand Initiative to drive agrifood investment

Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Cattles in Nyagatare based farm. Officials told participants of a consultative meeting that the district wants to raise its average milk yield from about 2.3 litres per cow per day to 6.3 litres next year and 15 litre
Editorial

Every hectare must count in the fight for food security

Monday, August 24, 2026
Cattles in Nyagatare based farm. Officials told participants of a consultative meeting that the district wants to raise its average milk yield from about 2.3 litres per cow per day to 6.3 litres next year and 15 litres within three years. File
Agriculture

Nyagatare rallies Kigali-based farmers in bid to modernise livestock farming

Sunday, August 23, 2026
According to Meteo Rwanda, the country will record rainfall totals ranging between 300 and 1,000 millimetres in the September-December season.
Environment

Unusually heavy rains forecast for September-December season

Friday, August 21, 2026
Traders at Inkundamahoro Market in Kigali. Rising fertiliser and food prices amid the Strait of Hormuz crisis underscore the need for resilient agriculture, a key focus of the Africa Food Systems Forum 2026. Bahizi
Featured

Africa can turn the current crisis into resilient food systems. Kigali is where it comes together

Friday, August 21, 2026
Some cows drink water in Nyagatare. The government has reopened livestock markets in four Eastern Province districts following a decline in the Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreak. File
Rwanda

Govt lifts livestock market restrictions in four districts

Thursday, August 20, 2026