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The tomato produce that were grown in a green house at Murindi in Gasabo District. Courtesy
Agriculture

Why urban farming matters in Kigali

Thursday, August 22, 2024
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
Six students from Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture (RICA) secured top positions in the 2024 Wege Prize. Courtesy
Featured

FEATURED: RICA students dominate top honours at global sustainable innovation competition

Monday, August 12, 2024
Various exhibitors including BK’s partners were recognised for their contributions to the sector.
Featured

FEATURED: BK awarded at Rwanda National Agriculture Show

Saturday, August 10, 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
Small-scale farmers in Rutsiro District are witnessing high productivity following the restoration of Bitenga marshland. Photos by Germain Nsanzimana
Agriculture

Climate-resilient assets improve food security in Rutsiro

Wednesday, August 07, 2024
Rwanda Food Commodity Board” will be purchasing produce from farmers and also help them afford agro-inputs. File
Editorial

The Rwanda Food Commodity Board is a good initiative, but it must be efficient

Tuesday, August 06, 2024
Farmers sort their rice produce at Bugarama rice farm. Rwanda Food Commodity Board” will be purchasing produce from farmers and also help them afford agro-inputs. File
Agriculture

Rwanda mulls agency to purchase produce from farmers

Sunday, August 04, 2024
A landscape view of a wheat plantation, a consolidated land at Green Gicumbi Project. Courtesy
Agriculture

How Africa can build resilient food systems

Friday, August 02, 2024
James Kagaba, the Managing Director of Inyange Milk Powder Plant, gives Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente insights into operations at the plant as Ildephonse Musafiri, the Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources (left) and Jean-Claude Karayenzi, the Executive Chairman of Crystal Ventures Ltd (Right), look on during a guided tour of Rwanda’s first milk powder factory in Nyagatare District, on Wednesday, July 24. Courtesy
Economy

Eleven things about Rwanda’s first powder milk plant

Saturday, July 27, 2024
King Mutara III Rudahigwa and Queen Rosalie Gicanda with the Kig's advisor, Eugène Muhikira in Egypt. 2021.15.11, collection RMCA Tervuren; unidentified photographer, s.d. All rights reserved
Rwanda

Mutara III Rudahigwa remembered 65 years later

Friday, July 26, 2024