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Rwanda has been pushing for a shift from subsistence farming practices toward modern farming as one of the strategies to ensure sustainable food production, as well as improve farmers’ livelihoods through increased income from agro-activities. This is important since over 72 per cent of the population depends on the sector for a living. For Marie Nyiraneza, …

How Rwanda-supported initiative turned round life for Nyanza farmers Read More »

From 2nd to 10th March 2020 at UR CAVM in Musanze district RYAF in partnership with USAID Hingaweze and UR-CAVM has started ten days training of 80youths with business start-ups and others with business ideas to equip them with Business planning and fundraising skills. The first day of the training Mr. Roy Ryniker (trainer), embarked …

Young entrepreneurs trained on business planning and fundraising skills. Read More »

Kirehe, March 11, 2020 – Today President Paul Kagame inaugurated Nasho Irrigation Scheme, a center pivot irrigation project that has been developed in Nasho Sector of Kirehe District by the Government of Rwanda in partnership with the Howard G. Buffet Foundation (HGBF) to modernize Rwanda’s agriculture sector and specifically improve smallholder farmers’ livelihoods. The function …

President Kagame inaugurates a solar-powered irrigation scheme in Kirehe District. Read More »

The rabbit is a domestic animal. The rabbit farming is so easy and more productive in short time, so it more benefits to farmers, it requires few investment in that business as they get enough interest. Experts in domestic animals; rabbit farmers confirm that the rabbits are the easiest animal to rear, rabbits do not …

No stress to the rabbit farmers. Read More »

On Wednesday February26th, 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) met with stakeholders in agriculture sector  to discuss how to strengthen the link between policy decision makers and the research community in support of Rwanda’s Fourth Strategic Plan for Agricultural Transformation 2018-24 (PSTA IV) and ultimately to improve nutrition, food security and food …

Stakeholders Discuss Ways To Strengthen Collaboration To Transform the Agriculture Sector in Rwanda. Read More »

Jean Claude Shirimpumu is a successful pig keeper living in Kageyo sectors, Gicumbi District. According to him, business doesn’t require high investments as many people think and with piggery farming, it is productive like having a domestic or home bank. Shirimpumu earns a profit of about Rwf2,500,000 per month from only pig keeping. Shirimpumu who …

Meet Jean Claude Shirimpumu, a successful Pig keeper in Gicumbi district Read More »

Rwanda was recognized with 2020 Malabo Declaration Award for emerging the best overall performing country in implementing the 2014 Malabo Declaration of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme.  The award was received by Dr Vincent BIRUTA ,Rwanda Minister of Affairs and International Cooperation, during at the AU General Assembly on February 10, 2020 Addis Ababa …

Rwanda: 2020 Best Performance Award for implementing the June 2014 Malabo Declaration for Agriculture Transformation on continental level. Read More »

Under the RYAF-Hinga Weze partnership, 10 RYAF district coordinators today have been trained on how to create youth savings and lending groups among smallholder farmers in all the 10 districts Hinga Weze operates. The one-day training of trainers which took place at Grand Legacy Hotel was aimed at enabling the RYAF district coordinators know how …

500 Youth Savings Groups (SGs) to be formed under the RYAF-Hinga Weze partnership. Read More »

From the 21st to 24th January,  Rwanda Dairy Development Project (RDDP) in collaboration with RAB, RYAF, Nyanza and Huye districts are conducting a 4-day awareness campaign on mastitis control and milk hygiene in Nyanza milk Basin. This region hosts the biggest dairy processing plants such as Nyanza milk industries and Zirakamwameza dairy Ltd as well as …

RYAF under RDDP project and other stakeholders in a campaign on mastitis control in Nyanza Milk Basin. Read More »