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Jan Low is World Food Prize Co-Laureate and the Principal Scientist for the International Potato Centre. The agricultural economist is advocating for nutrition to be made a basic human right. / Courtesy

Could sweet potato be a solution to Africa’s food insecurity, malnutrition?

Sunday, June 09, 2019
Women work on a potato farm in Muko Sector, Musanze District. File.
Rwanda

Senators call for more funding for climate change adaptation

Friday, June 07, 2019
Senators during a session in the Parliament yesterday. / Craish Bahizi

Senators urge statistical office to play greater role in policymaking, planning

Friday, June 07, 2019
L-R: Eng. Colletta Ruhamya, director-general of Rwanda Environment Management Authority; Fatina Mukarubibi, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment; and Stephen Rodriques, UNDP Resident Representative in Rwanda during the official launch of the Third National Communication report on climate change, in Kigali yesterday. The report, which was prepared by REMA under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, provides an inventory of greenhouse gases in the country and mitigation measures. It was unveiled during an event to mark the World Environment Day in Kigali. / Nadege Imbabazi
Rwanda

Agriculture contributes 70% of greenhouse gas emissions in Rwanda – report

Wednesday, June 05, 2019
A vehicle pollutes the environment on Kanombe-Remera road. / File

Why air pollution is a threat to human life

Wednesday, June 05, 2019
The New Times

Let’s join hands to beat air pollution

Tuesday, June 04, 2019
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My coffee break

Saturday, June 01, 2019
The New Times

AfCFTA comes into force – so what next?

Friday, May 31, 2019
Centre-pivot irrigation system in soybeans plantation in Nasho, Kirehe District. Courtesy.
Rwanda

Kirehe: Irrigation schemes boost farmers’ incomes

Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Amb. Jeanne du2019Arc Mujawamariya, Rwandau2019s envoy to the Russian Federation, with the Deputy Director General of ROSATOM, Nikolay Spasskiy after signing the deal on May 16, 2019 in Russia. Courtesy.
Rwanda

Russian state-owned nuclear body to help build Rwanda’s atomic energy centre

Monday, May 20, 2019
A mobile soil-testing laboratory facility, which was launched recently as part of a proposed fertiliser making factory. The factory is set to save the country billions of Francs on the importation of fertilisers. / Courtesy

$38 million fertiliser plant to be operational this year

Monday, May 20, 2019
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Business

How single mother juggles multiple agri-business ventures

Monday, May 13, 2019