ICIPE showcases insect-based farming innovations at Rwanda AgriShow 2026
At Rwanda AgriShow 2026 in Kigali, the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) is showcasing a wide range of insect science innovations that demonstrate the transformative role of…
From University Project to Thriving Enterprise: How Rwandan Youth are Creating Jobs by Adding Value to Pumpkins
Valens Ruhorimbere, a Food Science and Technology graduate from the University of Rwanda, founded Iwacu Bakery Solutions Ltd after observing a persistent problem across local farming communities: large harvests of…
Rusizi farmers turn dry seasons into new opportunities
For many smallholder farmer in Rwanda’s Rusizi district , the dry season once meant empty fields,reduced incomes and months of waiting for the rains to returns. But some farming cooperatives…
New Skills, Better Harvests: How Rwandan Farmers Are Growing with CDAT
For years, smallholder farmers in Muhanga District produced crops with limited technical knowledge, affecting both their productivity and income. Today, through an impactful partnership with the Commercialization and De-Risking for…
Rwanda hosts Africa Coffee & Tea Expo to boost trade and value addition
Kigali, Rwanda, July 9, 2026, Rwanda on July 8 opened the Africa Coffee & Tea Expo 2026 in Kigali, bringing together more than 1,000 delegates from 25 countries to strengthen…
Rwanda partners unite to accelerate youth employment opportunities in agri-food sector
KIGALI, Rwanda, July 8, 2026 Partners implementing the Mastercard Foundation’s Agri-Food Systems Portfolio in Rwanda have convenedin Kigali, to kind of strengthen how they work together and to push faster…
Farm & Environment Magazine – Issue 9 (January–June 2026)
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Farmers in eastern Rwanda reassess seedling use to improve yields
In Rwamagana District, a group of farmers came together in a cultivated field, and they watched, almost in silence, as one single seedling was put into the soil. For many…
Rwandan Agritech Firm Connects Rural Cooperatives with Digital Value Chains
In the green highlands of western Rwanda, where tea gardens roll across misty hills and smallholder farmers move between fields, collection centers, there is a quiet digital change kind of…
Digital Harvest: How Agtech Is Retooling Rwanda’s Potato Value Chain
MUSANZE, Rwanda for years, Augustine Maniriho sold his potato harvest the only way he knew how: waiting for informal traders to arrive at his farm in northern Rwanda, haggling over…