After undergoing training at the China-Rwanda Agriculture Technology Demonstration Center in 2018, Nikuze founded an enterprise to train local farmers — mostly women — to grow mushrooms, a lucrative ...

On the occasion of World Food Day 2025, the Rome-based UN agencies (FAO, WFP, and IFAD) join the Government of Rwanda and Cooperation Partners in celebrating collective progress and calling for bold, ...

KIGALI, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- In the lush green hills of Bumbogo sector, Gasabo district, on the outskirts of the Rwandan capital Kigali, mushroom farming and entrepreneurship are taking shape -- ...

ST. LOUIS, MO, January 7, 2025 – An international collaboration has announced a public-private partnership to develop high-yielding pest-and disease-resistant cassava, maize and potatoes to benefit ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. With agriculture employing more than 60% of Africa’s workforce, experts emphasize boosting energy access as a critical input to enhancing ...

Felicien Simpunga grew up in the Ruhango district of Rwanda, where life and making a living revolved around agriculture. While he grows other crops such as beans and sweet potatoes for home use, ...

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While I was in Rwanda recently, an aging rice farmer shared with me the same concern I heard from an older farmer at my church in Charlotte: With their children not interested in farming, both worried ...

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"Juncao technology is regarded in Rwanda as a vital contributor to the country's inclusive agriculture transformation. It supports our national vision of a professionalized and commercialized farming ...

Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 43, No. 148, SPECIAL ISSUE: AFRICA AND THE DRUGS TRADE REVISITED (June 2016), pp. 277-293 (17 pages) Over the past decade, African agriculture sectors have ...

Imported and locally manufactured refrigeration equipment will soon be tested and certified for energy efficiency in Rwanda, The New Times has learnt. Inefficient refrigerators currently waste ...