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Rwanda’s green growth vs GMO preparing for better or worse

Monday, February 06, 2023
A wheat plantation at Green Gicumbi Project . Through this project, at least 12, 000 hectares of land are under erosion control (with both 600 hectares of Radical terraces and 600 hectares of progressive and radical terraces) over the past three years
Featured

PHOTOS: How Green Gicumbi Project is strengthening climate resilience in vulnerable communities

Monday, January 30, 2023
A potato farmer in his plantation in radical terraces in Arusha Cell, Bigogwe Sector Nyabihu District. Potatoes are among the food crops whose production drastically increased. Photo Germain Nsanzimana
Agriculture

How radical terraces boost food security in Western Province  

Saturday, January 21, 2023
Farmers havest Irish Potato in Gicumbi through green Gicumbi project. Rwanda produces 916,000 tonnes of Irish potatoes every year, making it the third most popular food crop produced.Couresty
Agriculture

Gicumbi seed multipliers to benefit from Rwf1.3b fund

Thursday, January 19, 2023
Workers sorting new cassava varieties that were multiplied at RAB station in Huye. RAB has already Confined trials for GM cassava and potato to grow the varieties that can resist on pests. Courtesy
Agriculture

Scientists push for GMO seeds as pests threaten crops

Thursday, January 12, 2023
Two ladies enjoying their lunch in Kigali. File
Rwanda

Foods people enjoyed on Christmas Day

Sunday, December 25, 2022
Ruth Nyirahagenimana
Rwanda

Once upon a Christmas: Reminiscing on what used to be

Sunday, December 25, 2022
The author with classmates on a field trip. Courtesy photo

Three years in Huye: The people who made it worthwhile

Thursday, December 22, 2022
Workers sort different electronic items at the National E-waste and Recycling Facility in Bugesera District. Photos: Courtesy.

World Circular Economy Forum to spur transition to circular solutions in Africa

Tuesday, December 06, 2022
Residents wade through a flooded street in Kigali in 2020. Meteo Rwanda has alerted Rwandans that many parts of Northern, Western and Southern Provinces with the exception of Amayaga region will have heavy rains. File
Environment

Meteo warns of heavy rains in November

Friday, November 11, 2022
Vendors at Nyarugenge Market. Food and non-alcoholic beverages increased by 39.7 per cent in October 2022 compared to the same month of 2021 according to Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI). Craish Bahizi
Business

Urban food prices rise by 40 per cent

Thursday, November 10, 2022
Food stalls at Kimisagara market in Kigali. Rwanda has seen a significant improvement in its food security status, with statistics from a 2018 report showing that 81.3 per cent of its population was food secure. Photo: Craish Bahizi.
Rwanda

World Food Day: How Rwanda keeps focus on food security

Thursday, October 27, 2022