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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
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
Members of Urukerereza during a play depicting how Rwanda used to celebrate Umuganura. Sam Ngendahimana

Umuganura: A feast that brings Rwandans to the heart of their Nation

Friday, August 02, 2024
MINAGRI announced to decentralise veterinary services by involving private operators for bolstering the livestock sector in the country. File
Editorial

Decentralising vet services is a step in right direction

Tuesday, July 30, 2024
The New Times

Everyone deserves a modern connected life: Pioneering digital transformation, innovation in Rwanda

Monday, July 29, 2024
Thousands of chickens at Bugesera based farm. Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Local chick firms ramp up production as demand soars

Friday, July 26, 2024
Hydroponic fodder is produced by growing seeds without soil and with minimal water, using about ten times less water than traditional methods. Courtesy
Agriculture

How farmers are saving cows with hydroponic fodder during dry spells

Thursday, July 25, 2024
A pineapple processing plant that will add value to the produce is in the testing phase in Mugesera Sector. Photos: Emmanuel Nkangura
Agriculture

Ngoma: Land consolidation boosts pineapple production

Wednesday, July 24, 2024
RAB announced an increase in agricultural production for the first quarter of 2024, spanning from September 2023 to February 2024, with an increase of 316,000 tons in crop yield.
Agriculture

Rwanda’s agricultural produce up by 300,000 tonnes

Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Rwanda’s first milk powder factory in Nyagatare District, Eastern Province, is expected to be launched by the end of July. Photos by Olivier Mugwiza
Economy

$45m milk powder factory set to be launched

Tuesday, July 23, 2024