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A tomato farmer packaging his production for the market. File
Agriculture

Agricultural economist on ‘best’ farming model for Rwanda

Wednesday, March 15, 2023
A wheat plantation at Green Gicumbi Project . Through this project, at least 12, 000 hectares of land are under erosion control (with both 600 hectares of Radical terraces and 600 hectares of progressive and radical terraces) over the past three years
Featured

PHOTOS: How Green Gicumbi Project is strengthening climate resilience in vulnerable communities

Monday, January 30, 2023
Minister of Agriculture Gerardine Mukeshimana during a guided tour of Nasho Maize plantation in Eastern Province. The maize production target by 2024, was 2.94 tonnes per hectare. File
Agriculture

Why agriculture still falls short of set targets

Sunday, January 08, 2023
The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Rwanda, Ozonnia Ojielo during a past event.File
Economy

Investors urged to tap into Rwanda’s green growth strategy

Monday, November 21, 2022
Residents wade through a flooded street in Kigali in 2020. Meteo Rwanda has alerted Rwandans that many parts of Northern, Western and Southern Provinces with the exception of Amayaga region will have heavy rains. File
Environment

Meteo warns of heavy rains in November

Friday, November 11, 2022
Food stalls at Kimisagara market in Kigali. Rwanda has seen a significant improvement in its food security status, with statistics from a 2018 report showing that 81.3 per cent of its population was food secure. Photo: Craish Bahizi.
Rwanda

World Food Day: How Rwanda keeps focus on food security

Thursday, October 27, 2022
A farmer sorts her beans plantation.Rwanda is offering free fertilisers to its farmer as it responds to high food prices, and drought that is threatening to cause crop production failure
Agriculture

Rwanda offers free fertilisers, irrigation as drought bites

Thursday, October 27, 2022
The pests, locally known as Mukondowinyana, were reported in 8 sectors of Gatsibo District. Photo: Courtesy
Agriculture

Crop pest infestation in Eastern Province linked to drought

Thursday, October 27, 2022
A landscape picture of Mukunguri rice plantation in Kamonyi District. Rwanda is set to increase the scale of land on which rice is grown by 5,000 hectares to intensify production. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Rwanda to increase rice plantations by 5,000 hectares

Saturday, October 15, 2022
Farmers spraying pesticides in a maize plantation. According to farmers, yields are likely to be low in farming season A if rains continue to be minimal. Photo: File.
Agriculture

Food prices will keep increasing if rains remain low, warn farmers

Monday, October 10, 2022
Foodstuff sellers at the Gitikinyoni market on October 2, 2020. Photo: Dan Nsengiyumva.

Calls grow for govt to do more on food security

Thursday, July 07, 2022
Some farmers in a group photo after completing a training on agriculture. Farmersu2019 capacity were strengthened to produce high quality and quantity of agricultural products to markets. Courtesy.

FEATURED: EUCORD and FAO join effort to supply fresh agricultural productsin Kigali and Rulindo markets

Wednesday, May 11, 2022