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Sweet potato farmers in Rulindo district, in the northern province of Rwanda, are requesting for more land to increase the amount of orange-fleshed sweet potato crops despite the decline of... Read more
The Administration of Rwanda Youth in Agriculture Forum (RYAF) represented by Hategekimana Jean. Baptiste as chairman has signed a MoU with Daniel GIES the Chief of Party of CNFA/Hinga Weze... Read more
Persistent conflicts and climate-related shocks are currently driving high levels of severe food insecurity, particularly in Southern African and Near East countries, which continue to requi... Read more
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and UN partner agencies (IFAD, UNICEF, WFP, and WHO) have just published the 2018 edition of The State of Food Security and... Read more
Food losses and waste are an enormous drain on natural resources. Roughly one-third of the annual food produced globally for human consumption — approximately 1.3 billion tonnes — is lost or... Read more
New evidence continues to signal that the number of hungry people in the world is growing, reaching 821 million in 2017 or one in every nine people, according to the state of food security a... Read more
The International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) will grow its investment in support to Rwanda’s agriculture to about $53 million in 2019-2021 from about $45 million in the 2016 – 2... Read more
In Sub-Saharan Africa, more than 60 percent of a 1.2 billion population is under the age of 25. Supporting them in obtaining decent jobs, especially in rural areas, is one of the great chall... Read more
Youths from all African countries have today convened in Kigali, Rwanda, to engage in discussions that lead to fostering their role in fighting hunger and poverty through being active in agr... Read more
In Rwanda poverty has steadily reduced in the past decades, however, child malnutrition has continued to be a challenge, currently stunting stands at 45% in rural areas than 24% in urban are... Read more
Rwanda Investigation Bureau and the Rwanda Agriculture Board have warned farmers and veterinary doctors to avoid the use of illicit or concocted veterinary drugs. RIB and RAB note that the c... Read more
Rwandan Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente has today launched the fourth Strategic Plan for Agriculture Transformation which he notes aims at increasing agro-productivity in both the agricultur... Read more
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock has stopped that grazing and transport of livestock between Ngoma,Kirehe and Kayonga districts due to suspicious Rift Valley Fever influenza that c... Read more
Rwanda’s coffee will soon be on shelves across the greater West Africa following launch of a new coffee brand by Rwanda Farmers Coffee Company (RFCC) targeting the market of almost 200 milli... Read more
The World Bank Group and the Government of Rwanda have signed a $100 million credit agreement to improve the capacity of national public agricultural institutions According to the Rwandan go... Read more
