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Since July 2024, Ministry of Agriculture has replaced government veterinarians with private companies, to create an improved and decentralised system. File
Rwanda

What has changed five months after private vets took over livestock services

Thursday, December 19, 2024
Prudence Sendarasi, the mango and avocado farmer speaks to journalists during a media tour in  Ntyazo Sector, Nyanza District. Photos by Germain Nsanzimana
Agriculture

Fruit farmers seek insurance coverage

Sunday, November 24, 2024
Hannington Namara, Managing Director of Equity Bank Rwanda, delivers his remarks during the engagement with agribusiness actors in Kigali on November 21.All Photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Featured

FEATURED: How Equity Bank is unlocking Rwanda’s agri-export potential

Friday, November 22, 2024
A tomato farmer packages his produce for the market. Rwanda's agricultural sector continues to lag behind regional averages, with productivity levels three to six times lower than those of the most productive neighboring countries. Photo Courtesy   
Agriculture

How Rwanda can boost agricultural productivity

Friday, November 15, 2024
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Rwanda

Irembo’s Byikorere campaign boosts digital access to govt services in Nyaruguru

Monday, November 11, 2024
Officials pose for a photo during the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Conference, in Kigali on November 7. Photo: Courtesy.
Environment

Rwanda loses $300m to disasters annually - report

Friday, November 08, 2024
Electric buses that were brought in last month to shore up the country's green transport sector.  Transport is one of the sectors that will take the lion's share in the country's new climate finance strategy. Photo Courtesy
Environment

Key sectors that will take lion’s share in Rwanda's climate financing

Thursday, November 07, 2024
Beneficiaries of the project sing for the donors during the event in Gitwa Village in Gishamvu Sector in Huye District. Spark Microgrants provided over Rwf8 million to the community, which they used to buy pigs, and hens, and engage in kitchen gardening and installation of solar panels. Courtesy
Featured

FEATURED: How community-driven projects are tackling malnutrition in Huye District

Thursday, October 24, 2024
Members of Kabaya Saving Group give their contribution. Residents realised that overcoming poverty depended on their own efforts, after a six-month training in 2021
Featured

From livestock to savings: Tracing Gakenke residents’ steps to prosperity

Tuesday, October 22, 2024
A scene of an incident where a lightning strike claimed the life of one person, along with eight cows and sixteen sheep, during Sunday’s heavy rain in Kirehe District on October 20. Courtesy
Environment

Kirehe: Lightning kills 24-year-old woman, cows and sheep

Monday, October 21, 2024
A view of a damaged rice plantation in Bugarama in Rusizi District. According to MINAGRI, more than Rwf2 billion had been paid out to livestock farmers in compansation.File
Agriculture

Insurance: Over Rwf2bn paid in compensation to livestock farmers

Sunday, October 20, 2024
Farmers try to salvage their rice produce from a flooded plantation in the aftermath of heavy rains in Rwangingo Marshland in Nyagatare District on May 6, 2020. Photo: Courtesy.
Agriculture

Agriculture insurance scheme struggles with uptake

Friday, September 27, 2024