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Landless residents get free land for cultivation in Rurambi swamp

Landless residents get free land for cultivation in Rurambi swamp

Some of the residents preparing the gardens Bugesera district administration is giving out cultivation land to the residents near Rurambi swamp who had no land for agricultural activities.   Residents without land are chosen by the local administrative levels with the help of the residents, confirms Jean de Dieu Nkinzingabo, in charge of agriculture in [...]

Rulindo: Less Beans production in growing season ‘A’- farmers say

Rulindo: Less Beans production in growing season ‘A’- farmers say

Farmers in Rulindo district have said that the production of beans was low last season to an extent that it wasn’t enough for home consumption. Some of the farmers reveal that the problem of low yields happened to everybody that grew beans in season A in Rulindo district. Farmers blame low yields on heavy rains [...]

Bugesera: Maize growers get maize peeling machines

Bugesera: Maize growers get maize peeling machines

A farmer peels maize using the machine Maize growers in Bugesera district are celebrating a big success after forming an association and bought maize peeling machines for themselves. Vianney Ndorimana, a farmer explains that they could not have afforded the machines if it wasn’t coming together in an association. “It has really been tiresome and [...]

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Rwanda : Trainees in Muhanga ask for 3 days of work in a week.

About 149 students who completed their higher education in Shyongwe sector in Muhanga district participated in the ongoing civic education where they will be performing different activities to help the community. Among the many activities to be done is digging terraces, building houses for vulnerable people, teaching adults that cannot read and write and sensitising [...]

Rwanda: Coffee export earnings drop in 2012

Rwanda: Coffee export earnings drop in 2012

The amount of coffee produced in Rwanda has increased since 2011; however statistics indicate that the earnings have drastically dropped. The decline has been attributed to the dwindling international market prices. The income dropped to $60.9m (about Rwf38.4b) in 2012 from $73m the previous year. The production has steadily increased due to the privatization process, [...]

Rwanda : Ivuriro ry’amatungo rya ISAE rirasabwa gufungura amashami mu turere dutandukanye

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Rwanda : Ivuriro ry’amatungo rya ISAE rirasabwa gufungura amashami mu turere dutandukanye

Ivuriro ry’amatungo ry’Ishuri rikuru ry’ubuhinzi n’ubworozi ISAE Busogo, ngo rikwiye kugira amashami mu turere dutandukanye, kugirango serivisi batanga zibashe kurushaho kwegera abazikenera. Iri vuriro rivura amatungo yo mu turere dutandukanye two mu ntara y’Amajyaruguru n’Uburengerazuba cyane cyane Musanze, Nyabihu na Rubavu, ngo ribasha kuvura indwara zikunze gufata inka nk’ifumbi y’amabere, kubyaza inka ibazwe n’ibindi. Ubwo [...]

Rwanda : Ibihumyo byifashishwa mu kurwanya imirire mibi

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Rwanda : Ibihumyo byifashishwa mu kurwanya imirire mibi

Ibihumyo ni kimwe mu biribwa bikungahaye ku ntungamubiri zitandukanye kandi zishobora gusimbura byinshi mu biribwa bimenyerewe mu Rwanda. Ibihumyo bikungahaye ku myunyu ngugu myinshi kandi ikenerwa n’umubiri, tutirengagije na vitamine zitandukanye ziboneka muri iki gihingwa nk’uko bitangazwa na Mukantwari marie Rose wo mu murenge wa Kamabuye mu Karere ka Bugesera akaba ari n’umujyanama  w’ubuzima. Ati [...]

Rwanda : Zimwe mu ndwara zikunze gufata amakoma y’insina

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Rwanda : Zimwe mu ndwara zikunze gufata amakoma y’insina

Abahinzi b’insina barasabwa kugira amakenga igihe babonye amakoma y’insina  ahindutse, barasabwa kandi gusobanukirwa na zimwe mu ndwara zikunze kwibasira amakoma y’insina zabo kugirango babashe kuzirinda. Indwara ikunze kwibasira amakoma hari iyitwa Sigatoka y’umukara (Cercosporiose) iterwa n’ikinyabuzima cyitwa Mycosphaerellafujiensis, na Sigatoka y’umuhondo iterwa n’ikinyabuzima cyitwa Mycosphaerella musicola n’indwara y’ibibara ifata amakoma (Cladosporiose) iterwa n’ikinyabuzima cyitwa Periconiella [...]

Rwanda | Rulindo: Abahinzi bavuga ko nta musaruro uhagije w’ibishyimbo wabonetse.

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Rwanda | Rulindo: Abahinzi bavuga ko nta musaruro uhagije w’ibishyimbo wabonetse.

Nk’uko bamwe mu bahinzi babivuga ngo igihembwe cy’ihinga gishize nta musaruro uhagije babonye ku gihingwa cy’ibishyimbo. Bamwe mu bahinzi bavuga ko umusaruro wari utuwe uboneka mu bishyimbo wagabanutse cyane ku buryo usanga nta muturage uvuga ko yashoboye kweza ibishyimbo bihagije umuryango we nibura. Aba bahinzi bakaba bavuga ko impanvu yabiteye ahanini ari invura yaguye ari [...]

Rwanda : Government woes private sector into seed business

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Rwanda : Government woes private sector into seed business

The ministry of agriculture has continued its bid to invite the private sector to come on board and provide variety of quality seeds that are suitable for Rwandan soils. This campaign is expected to cut costs of farmers importing seeds. The Ministry says it wants to work with seed providers, through attracting the private sector [...]