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Officials and delegates pose for a photo at the 12th Africa Green Revolution Forum in Kigali . Dan Nsengiyumva
Agriculture

Inside AGRA’s $550m strategy to transform Africa’s agric sector

Friday, September 09, 2022
The 2022 Africa Food Prize winner, Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, being introduced by former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday September 7. / Dan Nsengiyumva
Agriculture

Africa Food Prize winner backs highly productive, resilient crops

Thursday, September 08, 2022
The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland (3rd right), with [from left to right] Jai Shroff, the Chief Executive of UPL Ltd, a global provider of sustainable agriculture solutions; Didier Drogba, Chelsea FC legendary striker; Mauricio Macri, the Chairman of FIFA Foundation; and Agnes Kalibata, the president of the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa, grace the launch of the carbon farming project in Africa during the 12th annual summit of the Africa Green Revolution Forum in Kigali on September 6. Photo: Courtesy.
Agriculture

Farmers expected to earn, reduce carbon emissions in new project

Thursday, September 08, 2022
A view of Nasho solar powered irrigation project in Eastern Province in Rwanda. Africa needs to up to $257 billion annually to develop its agriculture sector, in order to cushion its food systems from shocks. / File photo
Agriculture

Africa needs $257bn annually for robust agriculture sector – report

Wednesday, September 07, 2022
The New Times
Editorial

At AGRF 2022, leaders have opportunity to turn the tide

Tuesday, September 06, 2022
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente delivers remarks at the opening of the 12th annual summit of the Africa Green Revolution Forum on Tuesday, September 6. Addressing the one-week summit that has drawn over 2,600 participants, Ngirente revealed that Africa needs to take bold measures to address the soaring food prices that are making it difficult for families and communities to meet their food needs. Photo: Dan Nsengiyumva.
Agriculture

Bold measures needed to tame rising food prices – PM Ngirente

Tuesday, September 06, 2022
Jean-Claude Musabyimana, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Animals Resources.
Featured

How Rwanda could benefit from AGRF summit

Friday, September 02, 2022
Community members construct terraces to fight erosion and turn soil fertile.
Featured

How WFP is tackling poverty, food insecurity

Friday, August 26, 2022
Workers package milk at Inyange Industries in Kigali on December 16, 2021. / Courtesy
Business

Milk shortages, price hikes bite as drought takes its toll

Thursday, August 18, 2022
Group photo of Good Food for Cities (GF4Cs) project kick-off meeting in Rubavu District, July 2022.
Featured

FEATURED: Good Food for Cities project seeks to boost farmers’ income in Rubavu district

Tuesday, August 09, 2022
The New Times

Optimism as stalled US$12 million agric project is ‘put back on track’

Monday, August 08, 2022
A landscape view of former Gikondo industrial park after demolishing properties to conserve wetlands in Kigali in 2020. Under the Kigali City Wetland Master Plan, 3,888 hectares are reserved for conservation. According to the new study, the city has about 37 interconnected wetlands with a total area of about 9,160 hectares.

Study: Kigali City wetlands could generate over $155m annually

Monday, August 08, 2022