Rwanda: Climate-proof seed trials yield results (SciDev.net)
Small-scale farmers in Rwanda are seeing significant improvements in their harvests, thanks to a new project promoting access to climate-resilient […]
Rwanda : Crane population rebounds thanks to community conservation (Mongabay)
Just ten years ago, spotting a grey crowned crane in Rwanda’s wetlands was rare. These elegant birds — tall and […]
Rwanda: Claver Ntoyinkima turns local communities into biodiversity protectors in Nyungwe Park
This morning, Claver Ntoyinkima is dressed in his park guide attire. With sturdy boots on his feet and binoculars hanging […]
Rwanda: Girls who can code and break stereotypes (UN Women)
When Natacha Sangwa wanted to learn computer coding, people in her life asked if she really thought she could handle […]
Rwanda: Investing in women’s safety and economic empowerment (UN Women)
In Rwanda, there is a significant gap in unpaid care work, with women spending about seven hours a day on […]
Rwanda: Women seek to boost innovation and creativity in agribusiness (IPS News)
Adeline Umukunzi is a 28-year-old Rwandan mushroom farmer in Musanze, a district about 100 kilometres north of the capital, Kigali. […]
Rwanda: Farmers balk at government-mandated hybrid maize (Global Press Journal)
In the western swath of this fertile country, about 20 kilometres from the capital, Kigali, there’s a wide valley filled […]
Rwanda: Brigitte Muhayimana breaks cultural barriers to succeed in beekeeping
There’s a popular belief in Rwanda that bees fly away when women come near. This has discouraged more than one […]
Rwanda: Farmers in need get free disease-resistant cassava (The New Times)
Jean Paul Sebarera had given up on growing cassava after brown streak disease, known locally as kabore, devastated plantations in […]
Rwanda: New cassava varieties offer hope after cassava mosaic disease ravages crop
The bad times may have passed for Jeanette Uwababyeyi, who grows cassava in southern Rwanda’s Ruhango district. The 35-year-old walks […]