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Farmers spray pesticides on a maize plantation in Musanze District amid calls for a new law to address concerns over seed quality. COURTESY PHOTO
Agriculture

Farmers want new law to tackle seed quality concerns

Friday, September 18, 2026
A farmer shows seeds of a new maize variety under trial in Bugarama, Rusizi District on January 21, 2026. Photo by RAB
Law

What to know as new laws on farming, fishing come into force

Monday, September 14, 2026
Residents wade through a flooded street in Rubavu in May 2023. Photo by Germain Nsanzimana
Environment

Study tracks how districts are adopting climate action plans

Sunday, September 13, 2026
Farmer Evariste Mutibagirana and his wife harvest coffee in their plantation in Karenge Sector, Rwamagana District. Photo Sam Ngendahimana.
Agriculture

Govt seeks to add 10,000ha of coffee land

Thursday, September 10, 2026
A solar-powered irrigation system waters crops at the Gabiro Agribusiness Hub in the Eastern Province, July 11. PHOTO/CRAISH BAHIZI
Agriculture

AGRA: Rwanda must boost farm productivity to unlock bigger markets

Monday, September 07, 2026
Solange Uwituze, Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI).
Agriculture

Minister Uwituze talks plan to raise food crop productivity by 50%

Sunday, September 06, 2026
Rwandan Agnes Kalibata, a board member of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Agriculture

New research seeks to make maize safer from aflatoxin

Wednesday, September 02, 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
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
Kate Ojungo, the Country Representative for Kenya Seed Company Rwanda during a field day that offered farmers an opportunity to see how improved maize and wheat varieties perform under highland conditions in Musanze District.
Featured

How Kenya Seed Company Rwanda is boosting quality seed adoption for farm productivity

Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Farmers during a study tour in wheat farm in Burera District. Rwanda had 16 wheat varieties, 83 protected maize varieties, 12 soybean varieties among others.
Crime

Theft of protected crop varieties to attract Rwf100m fine under new law

Friday, August 07, 2026
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Yusuf Murangwa and EU Ambassador to Rwanda, Belén Calvo Uyarra during the signing ceremony in Kigali on Tuesday, August 4. Courtesy
Agriculture

Rwanda, EU sign Rwf67bn deal on climate-resilient agriculture

Tuesday, August 04, 2026