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Residents on the islands also encroach the 50 metre buffer zone from lakes especially with agricultural and livestock activities. / Courtesy

Govt seeks special conservation of islands

Saturday, September 21, 2019
Exhibition of Potatoes during during 11th triennial African Potato Association (APA) conference in Kigali on August 26, 2019. Rwanda produces 916,000 tonnes of Irish potatoes every year. Emmanuel Kwizera.
Rwanda

Rwanda to test GM potato varieties

Wednesday, August 28, 2019
A drone sprays pesticides in a potato farm in Gataraga Sector, Musanze District. The Government plans to start using drones in spraying mosquito prone areas by the end of this month. / File

WHO allays fears over mosquito aerial spraying

Thursday, August 22, 2019
Gerardine Mukeshimana, Rwandan Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Parfait Basubizwa The Vice Mayor for of Economic Development Affairs together with Anastase Shyaka the Minister for Local Government inspecting one of the stalls during the Agricultural Expo.
Featured

FEATURED: Agric expo ends with a call to farmers to embrace technology

Wednesday, July 31, 2019
A close view of some of the French beans grown by farmers in Gasabo Districtu2019s Kinyinya Sector. / Courtesy

French bean farmers decry high pesticide cost

Saturday, July 27, 2019
Irish potatoes in Musanze market. The Ministry of Trade this week released new prices. / File

Production costs to factor in Irish potato prices

Sunday, July 14, 2019
Musanze farmers, local officials and partners observe drones before take-off on a mission to collect data from fields and to spray liquid pesticides on farms, last week. Towards the end of last year, Charis Unmanned Aerial Solutions, a company that was started by young Rwandan nationals, conducted an exercise to demonstrate the potential of drones in driving agriculture output in Gataraga Sector in Musanze District. / Ru00e9gis Umurengezi

Drones offering high-tech help to smallholder farmers

Sunday, June 23, 2019
A worker during the weeding of rice in one of the cooperative's rice paddies that cover over 600 hecatres. Courtesy.
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FEATURED: How rice farmers’ cooperative amassed Rwf1bn in assets

Tuesday, June 18, 2019
The New Times

How chemicals are affecting human health

Saturday, June 01, 2019
Theogene Ingabire(in striped shirt) and his co-workers make organic fertilisers from grass and crop residues through effective micro-organisms technology. Photos by Joan Mbabazi.
Business

Entrepreneur’s bid to improve farming through environmentally conscious technology

Monday, May 27, 2019
Researchers at Rwanda Agricultural Board have announced that they are planning on providing seeds to farmers to conduct on-farm trials for nine coffee varieties expected to keep increase of Rwandau2019s coffee production and exports. Sam Ngendahimana.
Business

Govt turns to new high yielding coffee varieties

Monday, May 06, 2019
Rice marshlands are most affected by inundation. Michel Nkurunziza.
Rwanda

Bugesera farmers receive govt bailout after devastating floods

Monday, April 29, 2019