April 04, 2023
Rwanda: Kagame, Ruto to Discuss Northern Corridor, Food Security, Tech
Kenyan President William Samoei Ruto is set to arrive in Rwanda on Tuesday, April 4, for a two-day state visit. Read more »
Rwanda: PM Outlines Four Projects to Boost Rwanda Agricultural Sector
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente, on Monday, April 3, presented to the Parliament four major projects that the government is banking on to fix issues affecting agricultural… Read more »
March 31, 2023
Rwanda: School Food Procurement to Be Coordinated At District Level
Effective from the next academic term, schools in the same district will buy major foodstuffs such as rice, maize flour, and cooking oil at the same price, under the direction of… Read more »
March 22, 2023
Rwanda: Kayonza - Coffee Growing Boosts Financial Freedom for Women
A cooperative of 157 women and three men in Rukara sector, Kayonza District, has found financial success by embracing coffee growing instead of subsistence farming. Read more »
Rwanda: How Women Are Championing Nutrition Through Agribusiness
Adeline Umukunzi stands in a field in Musanze District picking nutritious mushrooms from inside a small covered structure. The structure provides an environment with moisture, low… Read more »
Rwanda: Improved Water Use Keeping Malnutrition at Bay, But Farmers Need Support
The world marks World Water Day on March 22 amid growing calls for the protection and conservation of water sources to mitigate desertification. Water is life, and nowhere is this… Read more »
March 07, 2023
Rwanda: How U.S.$64 Million Project Will Boost Smallholder Farmer's Agri-Exports
Nina Nyirampeta, a chilli farmer from Rulindo District, recounts how she lost at least Rwf4 million because of a lack of a ready market for her chilli produce back in 2019, leading… Read more »
March 06, 2023
Rwanda: How Integrated Rice, Fish Farming Helps Farmers Increase Yields in Rwamagana
Rice farmers in Cyimpima marshland in Rwamagana District have adopted an innovative integrated rice and fish farming method that helps them increase yields and cut production… Read more »
February 22, 2023
Rwanda: Probe Into Collapse of Maize Shelters After Second Incident Injures 20
The Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources is working with other institutions to examine the cause of collapsing maize drying shelters so as to come up with improved… Read more »
Rwanda: Strange Disease Kills Over 200 Pigs in Musanze
A disease yet to be identified has killed over 200 pigs in Musanze District leading to a pause in movement and consumption in some areas. Read more »
February 20, 2023
Rwanda: How High Prices Buoyed Rwanda Coffee Exports
Revenue from Rwanda's coffee exports increased by 34 per cent to more than $105 million (about Rwf114 billion) in 2022, from more than $78.3 million (about Rwf85 billion) in… Read more »
Rwanda: How High Price Fuelled Rwanda Coffee Exports Past U.S.$100 Million
Revenue from Rwanda's coffee exports increased by 34 per cent to more than $105 million (about Rwf114 billion) in 2022, from more than $78.3 million (about Rwf85 billion) in 2021,… Read more »
February 15, 2023
Rwanda: $45m Milk Powder Factory to Start Production in May
Inyange Industries Ltd, Rwanda's largest agro-processing firm, is setting up a milk powder factory with an estimated $45 million (about Rwf48 billion) investment, in Nyagatare… Read more »
February 13, 2023
Rwanda: World Coffee Forum Kicks Off With Call to Mitigate Climate Change
There is a need for coping strategies aimed at limiting the adverse effects unleashed by climate change on coffee producers, Geraldine Mukeshimana, the Minister of Agriculture and… Read more »
February 08, 2023
Rwanda: Food Prices Expected to Go Down - Ndagijimana
There are signs that market prices will go down this year considering that prices of some foodstuffs had started reducing towards the end of 2022, the Minister of Finance, Uzziel… Read more »
February 07, 2023
Rwanda: Farmers Are Broke While We Pay Through the Nose. So Who Is Gaining From High Food Prices?
Last November, The New Times reported a staggeringly high - 40% - increase in food prices in Kigali and other urban areas. A year before that, the very same newspaper reported a… Read more »
February 06, 2023
Rwanda: Rwanda's Green Growth Vs GMO Preparing for Better or Worse
In the "land of a thousand hills," as Rwanda is fondly known, the country is rich in plants and animals which makes part of the biodiversity. Rwanda is setting a precedent to the… Read more »
February 05, 2023
Rwanda: Kenyan Tilapia Fish Farming Firm to Debut On Rwandan Market
Victory Farms, a Kenyan tilapia fish farming firm plans to expand its business to Rwanda, officials have said that the new investment could boost the country's efforts to… Read more »
January 29, 2023
Rwanda: One Chef's Gourmet Food Choice and Why Mobile Kitchens Are the Way to Go
Rwandans can be a bit hesitant when it comes to buying food, let alone eating on the streets. It is perhaps a cultural thing. Read more »
January 18, 2023
Rwanda: Govt to Invest €15 Million to Boost Fish Farming
The government will this month start implementing a €15 million five-year project to boost fish farming production. Read more »
January 08, 2023
Rwanda: Why Agriculture Still Falls Short of Set Targets
Lending to agriculture, and the yield of major crops namely beans, maize, soybean are far from the attainment of Government's set targets under the National Strategy for… Read more »
January 05, 2023
Rwanda: Who Is Swindling Dairy Farmers?
Milk traders who don't pay dairy farmers could soon be blacklisted according to Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB). Read more »
December 19, 2022
Rwanda: Rwanda Mountain Tea Celebrates Tea Farmers' Day
Rwanda Mountain Tea Ltd, on Thursday December 15, celebrated with farmers and tea pluckers their annual Tea Farmers' Day across all their 8-tea gardens and factories. Read more »
December 07, 2022
Rwanda: Govt Urged to Leverage Agric Technologies to Feed Growing Population
Rwanda's population is estimated to have increased by six times within the last five decades, but, land remained the same, according to estimates from the Ministry of Agriculture… Read more »
November 28, 2022
Rwanda: Kalibata Feted By Prince Albert II of Monaco
The president of Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Agnes Kalibata has been recognised by Prince Albert II of Monaco for leading efforts towards Africa's food… Read more »