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Genuine innovation limited is a company that adds value to the crops production in Rwanda. It was founded by Marc NIYIGEZA, who is its CEO too. It is located in Nyarugenge District, Rwezamenyo Sector. It adds value to the crops production including carrots, papaya and tomatoes. They produce wine, flour, confiture from carrots, confiture from …

Young Rwandan man’s success story on adding value to the crops production in Rwanda. Read More »

4-5 November 2019: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with the support of the Government of Rwanda and in collaboration with the African Union Commission and other partners including the CBD Secretariat, the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for Africa organized African …

Rwanda holds African Regional Multi-Stakeholders Dialogue on Biodiversity Mainstreaming across Agricultural Sectors. Read More »

Rutsiro 31 October 2019 In a colorful ceremony held today in Rustiro District, Western Province, Rwanda joined the rest of world to celebrate World Food Day. This year’s theme is “Our actions, are our future, Healthy Diet for Zero Hunger World” To mark this day a number of activities were carried out such as planting …

Rwanda marks World Food Day, celebrating farmers in achieving food security. Read More »

Olivier Bisangwa Shimwa, a-25-year old who hails from Gasabo District, Kimironko sector   is the brains behind a smart solar and grid-run portable poultry eggs incubator, which, if harnessed, could facilitate poultry mass production. Incubators are used for artificially hatching eggs when you don’t have any hens to keep the eggs warm. An incubator recreates the …

How university student hatched the idea of an automated egg incubator Read More »

Mr Etienne Mudacumura 32, a pig farmer of Kicukiro district, Gatenga sector, has experienced a rapid transformation in his life, and decided to try out professional pig farming by realizing how profitable the venture could be. Mudacumura, who now owns more than 50 pigs and sell a number of them every year, said he started …

Pig farming not difficult as some youth may think Read More »

The Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources Dr. Geraldine Mukeshimana on Friday, August 30th, 2019 officially inaugurated an Incubation center dubbed ‘Envisage Youth Agribusiness Incubator inside Gatenga Sector’s Business Development Fund (BDF) to help young graduates who are in Agribusiness sector tackle existing challenges. Envisage Youth Agribusiness Incubator is a flagship project powered by a …

Minister Mukeshimana opens new Incubator to help youths in Agribusiness Read More »

A couple of years back, agriculture in Eastern Province of Rwanda was vulnerable in terms of productivity due to drought, ravaging the plantation and involving a loss for farmers and cooperatives in Agribusiness sector. Lack of knowledge on Post-harvest management was also a big issue where many cooperatives and individual farmers could lose part of …

Eastern Agribusiness coops gained a boost as RYAF-PASP drive professional interventions Read More »

During five years ago, the Climate Resilient Post-Harvest and Agribusiness Support Project PASP, under IFAD funded projects, was mandated to assist the producer organizations in terms management, financial records keeping, development of strategic plan and action plans, increasing productivity as well as and finding potential markets for their produce. Cooperatives this mandate was concerned with …

SPIU IFAD Acting Coordinator urged Cooperative Support Officers to develop entrepreneurship mind set and start their new businesses. Read More »