Farmers in Rubavu district, Western province are desperate after producing thousands of tons of onions and failing to secure any market. Currently, onion farmers from six sectors of Rubavu district…
Agribusiness
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National
Agriterra, Minagri Partner in Improving Strawberry Agri-business in Rwanda
by Daniel Sabiiti 8:58 pmThe Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (Minagri) has through HortInvest project partnered with Agriterra- a development and advisory organization of the agricultural sector in the Netherlands, to improve the…
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Economy
Minagri Intervenes to Stop Heavy Loss Among Rwamagana’s Fish Farmers
by Jean de la Croix Tabaro 7:09 pmFish farmers from Cooperative Hagurukadukore on Tuesday, January 14 woke up to a crisis in their floating cages of 10,000 tilapia units in Lake Muhazi, Rwamagana district, Fumbwe sector. The…
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Economy
President Kagame Interaction with Citizen: Harvest, Infrastructure Top Farmers’ Concerns
by Williams Buningwire 2:16 pmPresident Paul Kagame has promised a quick response to citizens’ problems from across the country following concerns related to harvest, post-harvest handling, and infrastructure. During his State of the Nation…
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The European Union (EU) through the ministry of finance has injected over €2.5million in training coffee farmers to improve the production of high-quality coffee. The 4-year Coffee Value Chain Development…
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Special Reports
Land Use, Dvpt Master Plan Look to Improve Agricultural Yield Fifteen Fold by 2050
by Jean de la Croix Tabaro 11:47 amRwanda has compiled key information which beg the attention of citizen in all walks of life and agriculture players in particular to prevent a scenario where food insecurity would decide…
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The post-harvest losses can be minimized by physically preventing the entry of insects and rodents, and maintaining the environmental conditions that avoid the growth of microorganisms attack harvests. But also most…
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National
Girinka: How Gicumbi Farmers Turned Their Lives Around, from Poverty to a Multibillion Dairy Cooperative
by Edmund Kagire 2:41 amIt is difficult to believe that households that previously lived below one dollar a day could turn around their fortunes and several years later be able to establish a cooperative…
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Economy
Continental Nutrition Advocates Propose COVID-9 Nutrition Recovery
by KT Press Reporter 6:44 pmThe African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) have unveiled a position paper calling upon African Heads of State and Governments to ensure that financing for nutrition is included in their country’s…
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Sustainable Agricultural transformation for the African continent cannot be achieved without the involvement of the youth who must be put at the centre of efforts to modernize the sector to…
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Rwanda has embarked on a new strategy to promote massive production and consumption of fortified foods as a way of decreasing stunting figures in the country. This follows the fortified…
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Technology
Bank of Kigali Moves To Digitize Agriculture Sector Through ‘Smart Support’ Program
by Williams Buningwire 2:08 pmSixty-two trainers have finished a two-day training to be digital ambassadors in the agriculture sector by training farmers on how to pay for agriculture inputs digitally, in a partnership between…