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Musanze potato farmers in Kinigi Sector preparing for planting. Photos by Germain Nsanzimana

Farmers urged to embrace crop rotation amid potato farming drop

Thursday, October 12, 2023

Farmers from different districts tour radical terraces that were arranged at Green Gicumbi poject. Courtesy

Rwanda banks on conservation farming, more terraces to control erosion

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Ildephonse Musafiri, has said that all vacant plots of arable land across the country will be temporarily assigned to residents for agricultural cultivation. SAM NGENDAHIMANA

Food security: Govt to allocate idle land for cultivation

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

A flooded wetland at Masaka in Kicukiro District in April.

The menace of soil erosion: Agriculture minister appears before Parliament

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

ACP Boniface Rutikanga and RIB spokesperson Thierry Murangira during the talk-show on Rwanda Television on Sunday, October 8. Photo/RBA.

Probe underway into alleged fertiliser, seeds fraud

Sunday, October 08, 2023

Minister of Agriculture Ildephonse Musafiri with officials from One Acre Fund, RICA,during the groundbreaking ceremony of a Seed Centre to be constructed in Bugesera , on October 6, 2023.

PHOTOS: How farmers, seed companies stand to benefit from seed centre at RICA

Saturday, October 07, 2023

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Farmers call for more potato seed multipliers to curb rising food prices

Thursday, October 05, 2023

EAC Secretary General Peter Mathuki delivers his remarks at the launch of the new agribusiness growth programme (MARKUP II), on Tuesday, October 3. Courtesy

EAC agribusinesses get €40m boost under market access scheme

Thursday, October 05, 2023

Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente (1st Left) with other global leaders at the opening ceremony of the International Horticultural Expo 2023 in Doha, Qatar on October 2. Courtesy

PM Ngirente in Qatar for international horticultural expo

Tuesday, October 03, 2023

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Minister Musafiri, Israeli envoy talk collaboration in agriculture development

Friday, September 22, 2023

Ildephonse Musafiri, Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, and Daniela Schmitt, the Minister of Economic Affairs, Transport, Agriculture, and Viticulture of the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate, after signing the MoU in Kigali on Thursday, September 21. Photo,COURTESY OF MINAGRI

Rwanda, Rhineland-Palatinate extend deal in sustainable agriculture development cooperation

Thursday, September 21, 2023

Vincent Mwiseneza quit his lucrative job to venture into farming, and urges the youth to see the opportunities in agriculture. Courtesy photos.

From farm to table: Agriprenuer on how improved seeds can revolutionise food security

Monday, September 18, 2023

The guidelines aim to help livestock farmers increase milk production by securing reliable forage and ensuring zero grazing. Sam Ngendahimana

Zero-grazing: Govt changes pastureland strategy in Eastern Province

Thursday, September 14, 2023

Some cows that are kept at Gabiro Agribusiness Hub. Minister Musafiri said that even if Rwanda has more than 2 million cattle, but we don’t have the capacity to process milk to meet our demand.File

Minister Musafiri on potential agric investment opportunities

Wednesday, September 06, 2023

Agriculture and Animal Resources Minister Ildephonse Musafiri during the interview on August 29. Photos by Christianne Murengerantwari

INTERVIEW: Agric minister outlines priorities as he looks to rebrand sector

Tuesday, September 05, 2023

Farmers spraying pesticides in a maize plantation in Musanze. FILE

Rwanda embarks on curbing illegal pesticides in agriculture

Thursday, August 31, 2023

AGRA’s Regional Head, East and Southern Africa, Jean Jacques Mbonigaba Muhinda, during an interview with The New Times, on August 12, 2023, ahead of the launch of a new five-year country strategy in Rwanda (Photos by Emmanuel Ntirenganya).

AGRA to double investment in Rwanda’s agric sector under new strategy

Sunday, August 13, 2023

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Making agriculture ‘cool’: Five things that distinguish RICA

Friday, August 11, 2023

The New Times

From labour ward to the farm: Dr Nyirinkwaya’s retirement journey

Tuesday, August 08, 2023

Environment Minister Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya speaks to journalists on the biosafety bill that chiefly seeks to regulate GMOs in Rwanda, on August 2, 2023, at Parliamentary buildings in Kigali. PHOTO BY EMMANUEL NTIRENGANYA

Minister Mujawamariya sheds light on move to embrace GMOs

Friday, August 04, 2023