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Researchers in Australia developed a process to turn waste products into fertilizer.
International

Australia: Researchers turn high-emissions waste into zero-carbon fertilizer

Monday, February 23, 2026
Farmers observe hybrid maize varieties during a field demonstration aimed at promoting improved seed use and cultivation practices. COURTESY.
Agriculture

Rwanda bets on hybrid seed to close its maize yield gap

Friday, February 20, 2026
A view of Gisagara Peat Power Plant in Southern Province

Securitisation is Africa’s ticket to financial sovereignty

Monday, February 09, 2026
Emma Uwera, founder and Managing Director of I&J Harvest Limited, a home-grown seed company supplying maize, bean and soybean seeds to farmers across Rwanda, works in her farm in Rwamagana District. All photos by Craish Bahizi
Agriculture

From research plots to rural fields: How one seed entrepreneur is strengthening Rwanda’s food system

Monday, January 26, 2026
A mother shares a warm moment with her children, reflecting how changing policies, economic realities, and personal choices are shaping smaller, planned families in Rwanda. Courtesy
Health

How policy, economics and choice are redefining family size in Rwanda

Friday, January 16, 2026
Inside a vegetable show room. On Monday, new regulations came into force in Britain banning daytime TV and online adverts for the so-called junk foods.

Why go to the supermarket, when you can go to the local market for food

Thursday, January 15, 2026
Farmers have identified eight seed varieties across six crops as the most climate-resilient and high-yielding. The crops assessed include potatoes, cassava, rice, maize, cabbage and onions. Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Farmers pick climate-smart seeds that double yields

Thursday, January 01, 2026
Rwanda Trading Company workers sort coffee beans for export at Kigali Special Economic Zone. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Economy

How export crop output rose by 35% in Q3 of 2025

Sunday, December 21, 2025
Officials pose for a photo at the launch of the Equity Ikimina Account in Huye District on Friday, December 12
Featured

How Equity Ikimina Account is formalising collective saving for inclusive growth

Monday, December 15, 2025
Canisius Kanangire, the Executive Director of African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF).
Agriculture

AATF boss on Rwanda’s GM banana drive, Africa’s agri-biotech future

Saturday, November 29, 2025
(Top row) Farmers sort coffee beans in Ngoma District in March 2023. (Bottom row) A miner works at the Bashyamba Mining Site in Nyarugenge District on March 6. Rwanda’s exports continued to rise in the third quarter of 2025, even as the country recorded a slight increase in its trade deficit, according to the National Bank of Rwanda. File
Economy

Coffee, minerals boost exports in Q3 2025

Thursday, November 27, 2025
Joan Cuka Kagwanja, Coordinator of the African Land Policy Center (ALPC) at the UN Economic Commission for Africa. Courtesy Photo.
Economy

As donor backing winds up, who will fund Africa’s land governance?

Tuesday, November 25, 2025