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AfDB approves $1.5Bn facility to counter food crisis on the continent

Monday, May 23, 2022
Workers sort green beans for export at NAEB warehouse in Kigali. Agriculture sector output grew by a dismal 1 per cent and contributed 23 per cent to Rwandau2019s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in the first quarter of 2022. Photo: File.

Agric sector eyes recovery after dismal performance

Friday, June 17, 2022
Faustin Munyazikwiye, the Deputy Director General of REMA (L) and Equity Bank Rwanda Managing Director, Hannington Namara during the launch of the initiative in Kigali on June 14.
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FEATURED: Equity Bank Rwanda to support green businesses in fight against climate change

Wednesday, June 15, 2022
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Data science and its influence on policy development

Tuesday, June 07, 2022
Photos: Craish Bahizi
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FEATURED: Smart Kungahara System to boost access to agric loans

Wednesday, June 01, 2022
Karama Integrated Development Model Village in Nyarugenge District. Over 100 youth in Karama village are set to get job creation hands-on skills that will help them become entrepreneurs. Photo: File.
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What does it take to address unemployment among youth in model villages?

Tuesday, May 31, 2022
A new modern maize milling and animal feed factory was handed over to IAKIB Cooperative. The plant was financed with support from Heifer International.
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FEATURED: New maize milling and animal feeds factory supported by Heifer International launched in Gicumbi District

Sunday, May 29, 2022
Women in a cooperative weed their potato plantation in Muko Sector ,Musanze District.The over Rwf153 billion proposed budget for the agriculture sector in the next fiscal year, will focus on increasing food production. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Agric budget to focus on containing fertiliser costs, food security

Friday, May 27, 2022
Governments and partners must go back to basics: that African economies and livelihoods are built on agriculture. Courtesy photo

Inadequacy and fragility of food systems: Where do we go from here?

Friday, May 27, 2022
USAID-Hingaweze project staff showcase drycard devices that will be distributed across the country. Farmers are being trained to use the drycards to help them fight Aflatoxin so as to reduce post-harvest losses. Photo: Courtesy.
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Could DryCards be the solution to aflatoxins in grains?

Thursday, May 26, 2022
A rice farmer works in rice plantation at Bugarama wetland . File

Farmers seek farm gate price rise amidst soaring costs

Thursday, May 26, 2022
A worker fills milk at a milk collection center in Nyaruguru District. The audit of this project revealed problems inducing milk collection centres to operate below their installed production capacity where 90 out of the 132 MCCs constructed (or 68 percent of them) were operating below 50 per cent of their capacity.

Dairy chains: Why milk collection centres still operate below capacity

Sunday, May 22, 2022