Last year, financial institutions rejected 58 per cent of the total loan requests from agriculture, fisheries and livestock sectors. Could commercial banks be overlooking the backbone of the economy ...
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 ...
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Conservation agriculture: Rwanda’s practical response to climate change and soil degradation
Rwanda’s agriculture employs up to 56.7% of the working-age population and supports rural livelihoods. Yet it faces growing pressure due to small and fragmented landholdings, declining soil fertility, ...
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, ...
Education and agriculture have been identified as key priorities under the one-year Twiyubakire programme, an initiative designed to empower women, youth, and persons with disabilities to actively ...
The use of pesticides in East Africa, some sold by European firms despite being banned in the EU, is killing off bees in large numbers and threatening whole ecosystems, scientists say. Joseph Ruzigana ...
As we look towards the coming decade, it is clear that technology will play a crucial role in unlocking agricultural opportunities in Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs). As the founder of ...
Young Africans are set to converge in Rwanda next month their groundbreaking, tech-driven solutions that are set to transform the agricultural sector. Heifer International, a global nonprofit ...
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