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Rwanda's Minister of Trade and Industry Jean-Chrysostome Ngabitsinze (right) speaks during a session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts as his Burundian counterpart Marie Chantal Nijimbere (centre) and ECA's ECA Deputy Executive Secretary Hanan Morsy look on. The meeting held in Bujumbura from September 26-29 urged African governments to leverage the continent free trade market in order to tackle food security issues. Courtsey
Africa

African govts urged to leverage AfCFTA to tackle food insecurity

Wednesday, October 04, 2023
Officials and participants pose for a group photo during the closing workshop on the project in Kigali, on September 29. Craish Bahizi
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FEATURED: FAO project helps improve Rwanda’s soil testing, productivity

Monday, October 02, 2023
Burundi's Prime Minister Gervais Ndirakobuca (right) and ECA Deputy Executive Secretary Hanan Morsy.
Economy

Experts discuss East, Central African manufacturing, food security

Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Vincent Mwiseneza quit his lucrative job to venture into farming, and urges the youth to see the opportunities in agriculture. Courtesy photos.
Agriculture

From farm to table: Agriprenuer on how improved seeds can revolutionise food security

Monday, September 18, 2023
Visitors during a guided tour of the project where women are doing farming through a solar -powered irrigation scheme in Ngoma District. All photos by Craish BAHIZI
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Rural women make use of solar-powered irrigation under UN agencies support

Thursday, September 14, 2023
Officials pose for a group photo at the celebration of the UN Day for South-South Cooperation 2023, on September 12. PHOTOS BY Emmanuel DUSHIMIMANA
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FEATURED: Rwanda Cooperation Initiative marks UN Day for South-South Cooperation

Thursday, September 14, 2023
Farmers spraying pesticides in a maize plantation in Musanze. FILE
Agriculture

Rwanda embarks on curbing illegal pesticides in agriculture

Thursday, August 31, 2023
Delegates follow a presentation during the meeting on Wednesday, August 30
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Rwanda, FAO in joint bid to protect biodiversity

Thursday, August 31, 2023
Environment Minister Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya speaks to journalists on the biosafety bill that chiefly seeks to regulate GMOs in Rwanda, on August 2, 2023, at Parliamentary buildings in Kigali. PHOTO BY EMMANUEL NTIRENGANYA
Agriculture

Minister Mujawamariya sheds light on move to embrace GMOs

Friday, August 04, 2023
Agric specialists during a seeds multiplication exercise in a greenhouse in Musanze District. Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

House gives draft GMO law clean bill of health

Thursday, August 03, 2023
Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Ildephonse Musafiri delivers remarks during the opening of the meeting in Kigali on Monday, July 31. Courtesy

Only 37% of farmers use quality seeds - Agric Minister

Monday, July 31, 2023
Panelists discuss on Status of Women in Agrifood Systems, during the Women Deliver Conference held in Kigali on July 18. Courtesy
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Closing gender gap in food systems could increase global GDP by $1 trillion- FAO

Wednesday, July 19, 2023