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A view of Nasho solar powered irrigation project in Eastern Province in Rwanda. Africa needs to up to $257 billion annually to develop its agriculture sector, in order to cushion its food systems from shocks. / File photo
Agriculture

Africa needs $257bn annually for robust agriculture sector – report

Wednesday, September 07, 2022
Workers sort some insects at the first commercial plant for insect-based animal feed in Rwanda in Bugesera District on September 5. All photos by Dan Nsengiyumva
Featured

Rwanda to expand use of black soldier flies to boost poultry production

Tuesday, September 06, 2022
The New Times
Business

Cassava peels offer alternative for local animal feeds industry

Monday, September 05, 2022
Fishermen work in a fish farm in Lake Kivu in Karongi District on May 27, 2020. Fishermen report a drastic decline in sardine fish species production in the past three years. According to Rwanda Agricultural Board, fish production in Lake Kivu decreased from 24,199 tonnes in 2017/18 to 17,296 tonnes in 2018/19 before plunging further to 16,194 tonnes in the 2019/2020 fiscal year. / Photo: File
Business

Kivu fish farmers wary over sharp decline in production

Monday, September 05, 2022
The New Times

Beans for better nutrition and attainment of the global goals

Sunday, September 04, 2022
Jean-Claude Musabyimana, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Animals Resources.
Featured

How Rwanda could benefit from AGRF summit

Friday, September 02, 2022
Kirambo trading centre in Burera District is one of the areas set to directly benefit from the proposed Base-Kidaho stalled road project connecting Rulindo and Burera districts.
Politics

PAC hearings begin next week

Thursday, September 01, 2022
Pedestrians wade through a flooded wetland in Kigali on January 28, 2020. more than 745,000 hectares of agricultural land in Rwanda potentially loses its topsoil every year . File

Experts weigh in on soil erosion-induced losses

Wednesday, August 10, 2022
A flooded wetland at Masaka in Kicukiro District in April. According to the State of Soil Erosion Control in Rwanda May 2022, more than 745,000 hectares of agricultural land in Rwanda are potentially eroded every year.Courtesy

How soil erosion is posing a threat on food security

Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Farmers try to salvage some of their rice produce washed away by floods in Nyagatare District in 2019. According to the report, more than 745,000 hectares of agricultural land is potentially eroded every year.

Rwanda loses over Rwf800bn annually due to soil erosion –new report

Tuesday, August 09, 2022
The New Times

Optimism as stalled US$12 million agric project is ‘put back on track’

Monday, August 08, 2022
A landscape view of former Gikondo industrial park after demolishing properties to conserve wetlands in Kigali in 2020. Under the Kigali City Wetland Master Plan, 3,888 hectares are reserved for conservation. According to the new study, the city has about 37 interconnected wetlands with a total area of about 9,160 hectares.

Study: Kigali City wetlands could generate over $155m annually

Monday, August 08, 2022