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The cooperative has taken 56 tonnes of chilli to market and earns about Rwf32 million per season.
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How CDAT is boosting yields, linking farmers to markets and improving farming practices

Wednesday, October 07, 2026
A poultry farmer feeds her chickens in Nyanza District on March 6, 2025. File
Agriculture

Rising feed costs in focus as major agrifood trade show comes to Kigali

Tuesday, October 06, 2026
Visitors during a guided tour of a coffee plantation in Kirehe District. File
Agriculture

Coffee day: A look at Rwanda’s evolving coffee farming

Thursday, October 01, 2026
Some of the 250 coffee delegates from Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America and beyond have taken part in hands-on field visits to coffee-growing communities in Rwanda. Photos by Craish Bahizi
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‘Build Together’: Rwandan women coffee farmers connect with global delegates

Friday, September 25, 2026
Hydroponic fodder is produced by growing seeds without soil and with minimal water, using about ten times less water than traditional methods. Courtesy
Agriculture

Rwf100m fodder scheme seeks to ease dry-season milk shortages

Friday, September 25, 2026
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
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
Government officials tour a horticulture hub during its launch in Kinigi, Musanze, on August 29, 2025 under the Volcanoes Community Resilience Project. Horticulture is among Rwanda’s four investment priorities for transforming the agri-food sector. Courtesy photo.
Agriculture

Rwanda’s four major investment priorities to boost agri-food systems

Monday, September 07, 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
Telesphore Ndabamenya, the Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, the Africa Food Systems Forum 2026 in Kigali. Photo by Kellya Keza
Agriculture

Inside Rwanda’s major agric initiatives seeking Rwf20tn in financing

Thursday, September 03, 2026
Dr. Patrick Karangwa, Director General of Agriculture Modernisation at the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, speaks as Eric Pohlman, Chief Executive Officer of One Acre Fund looks on. Photos by Kellya Keza
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AFS Forum 2026: How bundled services support smallholder farmers prosper in Rwanda

Thursday, September 03, 2026
The New Times

Africa’s food systems: Twenty-three years after Maputo, what has changed?

Wednesday, September 02, 2026