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While fertilizer prices have declined somewhat since the start of the year, they remain exorbitantly high for most small farmers around the world.

The Fertilizer Conundrum

Friday, June 16, 2023
Some of 300 beekeepers and honey producers meet to discuss how to strategize and collaborate on enhancing honey productivity in Kigali on Friday, June 2. Courtesy
Business

Rwandan beekeepers unite for increased productivity, quality

Friday, June 02, 2023
Dr Nedovota Mollel looks on a new plant discovered in Arusha.
Africa

World’s newest plant with strange behaviour discovered in Tanzania

Sunday, May 21, 2023
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater diving in the rain, Nyarutarama.
Environment

Getting to know Rwanda’s birds – The bee-eaters

Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Bonnette Ishimwe at her farm in Kirehe.
Agriculture

'I never thought I'd be a farmer': University graduate on venturing into ‘green gold’ business

Monday, May 01, 2023
Doreen Karehe supervising one of the greenhouses in which juicy strawberries are growing in hydroponics in Bugesera District. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Agriculture

Rwanda scales up efforts to promote agri-tech inclusion

Wednesday, March 08, 2023
Some of the journalists that attended the training during a group discussion
Africa

African Journalists form network on clean water  

Sunday, February 19, 2023
Senior delegates in a group photo at the opening the third World Coffee Producers Forum (WCPF), taking place in Kigali from February 13 to February 14. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured

FEATURED: World Coffee Forum kicks off with call to mitigate climate change

Monday, February 13, 2023
Farmers spray pesticides in a maize plantation in an effort to combat Fall Armyworm last year. According to RAB, at least 90 per cent of the maize and sorghum plantations were highly affected by the pests in Nyamagabe, Nyanza and Muhanga districts. Courtesy
Agriculture

Rwanda changes tack on Fall Armyworms response

Sunday, January 29, 2023
Workers sorting new cassava varieties that were multiplied at RAB station in Huye. RAB has already Confined trials for GM cassava and potato to grow the varieties that can resist on pests. Courtesy
Agriculture

Scientists push for GMO seeds as pests threaten crops

Thursday, January 12, 2023
Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya, the Minister for Environment speaks at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal which was concluded on Monday, December 19, 2022. Courtesy
Environment

Rwanda welcomes global deal to save species from extinction

Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Some items of hazardous chemical waste at a collection centre. Rwanda is set to invest $6.8 million (Rwf7.2 billion) from 2022 to 2027 in managing hazardous chemical waste. Courtesy
Environment

Rwanda to invest Rwf7bn in managing ‘hazardous chemical waste’

Sunday, December 11, 2022