Rwanda

Rwanda: Farmers balk at government-mandated hybrid maize (Global Press Journal)

admin | September 24, 2018

In the western swath of this fertile country, about 20 kilometres from the capital, Kigali, there’s a wide valley filled […]

Solange Ayanone | May 14, 2018

There’s a popular belief in Rwanda that bees fly away when women come near. This has discouraged more than one […]

admin | October 16, 2017

Jean Paul Sebarera had given up on growing cassava after brown streak disease, known locally as kabore, devastated plantations in […]

Fulgence Niyonagize | February 20, 2017

The bad times may have passed for Jeanette Uwababyeyi, who grows cassava in southern Rwanda’s Ruhango district. The 35-year-old walks […]

admin | October 17, 2016

The Democratic Republic of Congo plans to make all large-scale agricultural contracts public to increase transparency in land deals and […]

admin | August 22, 2016

When 19-year-old Yvette Ishimwe’s family relocated from Kigali to Kayonza district, 90 kilometres east, the experience was overwhelming. It was […]

admin | August 8, 2016

The Rwandan Business Development Fund has reached a deal with 450 microfinance institutions to provide farmers with better access to […]

admin | July 25, 2016

The Rwandan government is urging people to register their land to reduce land disputes and support environmental management. Vincent Biruta […]

admin | July 11, 2016

Nearly 100,000 families in the Eastern Province of Rwanda are reportedly facing famine as a result of poor harvests. Some […]

admin | June 27, 2016

The Rwandan minister of agriculture and animal resources has expressed concern with the potential increase of genetically modified organisms, or […]