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Maize production was estimated at 481,246 tonnes, marking a 5 per cent decrease compared to Season A of 2024.
Agriculture

Cassava production rises as maize sees decline

Monday, June 02, 2025
Representatives from the Swedish Embassy in Kigali, AFR, and MoneyPhone Africa engaged with local farmers during a recent field visit in Cyuve sector, Musanze District
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Sweden, Access to Finance Rwanda reaffirm commitment to deepen financial inclusion

Monday, April 21, 2025
A fence that was set to protect residents who face conflicts against wildlife from Akagera National Park.
Tourism

How tourism revenue sharing scheme’s Rwf3.2bn was distributed

Saturday, April 19, 2025
1. Potato farmers in Gataraga Sector, Musanze District, tour their consolidated land near Virunga mountains zone. Photos by Germain Nsanzimana
Agriculture

Smallholder farmers in Burera, Musanze ‘reaping big’ thanks to new agriculture insurance scheme

Sunday, April 06, 2025
Athanase Nduwumuremyi, Senior Research Fellow and Roots and Tubers Program Coordinator at RAB, during a tour at a greenhouse in Karago Sector, Nyabihu District. Photos by Germain Nsanzimana.
Agriculture

Agriculture: Trials for GMO potato varieties underway

Sunday, March 16, 2025
Members of the Dukomeze Ubuzima potato cooperative in Musanze planting crops. Photos by Germain Nsanzimana.
Agriculture

Unsustainable farming practices threaten soil health in Virunga mountains

Thursday, February 20, 2025
Workers inside a green house in which they grow new varieties of sweet potatoes in Musanze District. Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Govt steps up fight against certified seed shortages

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Farmers sell their orange-fleshed sweet potatoes at a rural market in Nyamasheke District. File
Health

Govt turns to orange-fleshed sweet potatoes to combat malnutrition

Tuesday, January 21, 2025
An agric worker sorts seedlings in an Irish potato multiplication centre in Kinigi in Musanze District. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Rwanda to boost nutrition with bio-fortified Irish potato varieties

Monday, January 20, 2025
Doreen Karehe sorts her strawberry plants in one of the greenhouses in which she does juicy strawberries farming in hydroponics in Mayange Sector, Bugesera district. Photos by Olivier Mugwiza
Agriculture

A look back at Rwanda’s agri-biotech uptake, drought and rice turmoil

Wednesday, January 01, 2025
A client shopping some items for fstive season at Kigali Business District in Nyarugenge. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Business

Kigali businesses look to cash in on Christmas fever

Tuesday, December 24, 2024
The 8th edition of the BK Urumuri Initiative recognised five innovative women-led agribusinesses for their remarkable contributions to environmental and climate change solutions
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FEATURED: BK Foundation, Inkomoko award top five women-led agribusinesses in ‘BK Urumuri’ initiative

Tuesday, December 10, 2024