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Irrigation increased by around 50 per cent from 48,508 hectares in 2017 to 72,912 hectares in 2024.
Agriculture

How Rwanda's 2018-24 strategic agriculture transformation plan fared

Saturday, August 17, 2024
Agri-scientists work in Irish potato multiplication centre in Kiningi in Musanze District.
Agriculture

Top Rwandan crops on track to be 'genetically modified'

Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Farmers working in their fields in Kinigi Sector, Musanze District, one of the areas with fertile land in the country/Photo by Germain Nsanzimana.
Agriculture

RAB roots for multi-story buildings as population pressure threatens arable land

Monday, August 12, 2024
An aerial drone photo taken on April 3, 2024, shows a city view in Nairobi, Kenya. (Xinhua/Han Xu)
Africa

PHOTOS: Chinese-built road transforming lives of mothers in Kenya

Thursday, August 08, 2024
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Jean Chrysostome Ngabitsinze visits rice farmers in Rurambi marshland in Bugesera District in 2023. The newly initiated Rwanda Food Commodity Board aims at purchasing produce directly from farmers and its mission is to ensure national food security by making staple foods available and affordable. Courtesy

Key insights on the proposed 'Rwanda Food Commodity Board'

Thursday, August 08, 2024
Liberal Party members during the campaign in Huye Southern Provinceon Friday, June 28. Michel Nkurunziza
Elections

Huye farmers seek support to boost avocado production as PL campaigns in region

Saturday, June 29, 2024
Thousands of dead fishes collected at Lake Muhazi where different cooperatives grow fishes on January 17,2021. The loss is due to water pollution . File
Agriculture

Relief for farmers as Rwanda adds fish to insurance

Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Beekeepers in their farm in Southern Province. Rwanda joined the world to mark World Bee Day on May 20. Photos by Olivier Mugwiza
Rwanda

Beekeepers warn of decline in food production as bees face threats

Monday, May 20, 2024
Officers during the launch of the campaign as they joined farmers in the fight against fall army worms to protect farmers from losses caused by the pest. Courtesy
Agriculture

Why Rwanda is mulling GM maize crop varieties

Wednesday, May 15, 2024
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Africa

Erratic weather patterns upend traditional agriculture in Kenya

Wednesday, May 08, 2024
Officials and participants pose for a group photo after the meeting on Kungahara project in Rulindo District, on April 23. The new project aims to strengthen resilient food systems and nutrition security in Rwanda. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured

FEATURED: European Union, CARE, DUHAMIC-ADRI launch  ‘Kungahara’ project in three districts of Rwanda

Monday, April 29, 2024
Fifty-three-year-old Genocide survivor Jeanne d’Arc Mukabucyana saved lives during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi by altering identity classifications. Courtesy photos
Kwibuka

Kwibuka 30: How one Genocide survivor’s clever act saved lives

Wednesday, April 17, 2024