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The Food Waste Index Report 2024 by the UN Environment Programme has indicated that, on average, each person wastes 79 kilogrammes of food annually. Internet
Environment

Each person wastes 79 kilogrammes of food annually – UN report

Friday, April 05, 2024
Bellancile Uzayisenga, the Acting Plant and Microbial Biotechnology Programme Coordinator, and Senior Principal Research Fellow at Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB).
Women

How one scientist is changing the narrative for girls in STEM

Wednesday, April 03, 2024
Pests known as 'mealybugs' have wreaked havoc on mango crops, causing a shortage in markets across Kigali city. File
Agriculture

Persistent pests trigger mango shortage in markets

Monday, April 01, 2024
Inside Nyabugogo abattoir in Kigali. According to the statistics Rwanda’s meat exports more than doubled, reaching $22.3 million in the fiscal year 2022-2023. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Economy

A look at meat; Rwanda’s emerging export

Monday, April 01, 2024
Farmers in Rutsiro and Rubavu districts welcomed the bio-fortified beans, sweet potatoes seedlings that will help combat malnutrition. Photos by Germain Nsanzimana
Agriculture

Western Province: Bio-fortified crops introduced to combat malnutrition

Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Coffee farmer Mutibagirana sorts his plantation in Karenge sector, Rwamagana District. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Replacing aging trees to boost Rwanda’s coffee exports

Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Agric workers sorting a new Irish potato variety that is grown in a greenhouse in Kinigi Sector in Musanze District. Rwanda, on February 21, promulgated a law governing biosafety, which seeks to ensure that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are handled, transferred and used safely in the country. PHOTO BY SAM NGENDAHIMANA
Health

Inside Rwanda's biosafety law set to regulate GMOs

Monday, March 04, 2024
Delegates at the ongoing World Trade Organization’s 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Photo: Courtesy
Rwanda

Rwanda joins global deal to end illegal fishing

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Workers sort new cassava varieties at a RAB station in Huye District. Rwanda, on February 21, published in its Official Gazette a law governing biosafety for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to ensure they are handled, transferred, and used safely. Photo Courtesy
Law

Rwanda finally passes law on GMOs: What next?

Tuesday, February 27, 2024
A farmer suspends maize cobs on a wooden structure to sun-dry in Mushikiri Sector, Kirehe District. Rains hindered maize drying efforts of farmers in the current harvest season, leading to adjustments in prices that were set on January 19, 2024 (courtesy)
Agriculture

Unusual rains impact maize prices in Rwanda

Sunday, February 25, 2024
Farmers in Rwangingo Marshlanda in Nyagatare District trying to salvage their crops in the aftermath of heavy rains on May 06 2020. Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB) announced plans to save the 1,753-hectare Bugarama arable wetland from recurrent floods that have plunged rice farmers into losses in Rusizi District. Photo: Courtesy
Agriculture

Govt to save 1,700 ha Bugarama arable wetland from floods

Sunday, February 25, 2024
Cows drink water from a trough supplied by one of solar-powered boreholes constructed under the initial Rwanda Dairy Development Project (RDDP), in Eastern Province, in 2020 (Photo courtesy of IFAD).
Agriculture

What $100 million project means to Rwanda’s dairy industry

Monday, February 19, 2024