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13 March 2020
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through its Regional Commission for Controlling Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC), trained a total of 20 agriculture experts on Desert Locust survey and control operations, from 9-13 March 2020. The trainees were from the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development...
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through its Regional Commission for Controlling Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC), trained a total of 20 agriculture experts on Desert Locust survey and control operations, from 9-13 March 2020. The trainees were from the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development...
26 February 2020
Farmers in Rulindo district are predominately vegetable growers. They rely on rainfall, however, much of the water runs-off from its steep hills owing to the area’s mountainous landscape. Yanze River, the main source of water for the district, serves also Rwanda’s capital Kigali for domestic use. This diverse Yanze water...
Farmers in Rulindo district are predominately vegetable growers. They rely on rainfall, however, much of the water runs-off from its steep hills owing to the area’s mountainous landscape. Yanze River, the main source of water for the district, serves also Rwanda’s capital Kigali for domestic use. This diverse Yanze water...
12 February 2020
The Nyagatare district (Eastern Province) is Rwanda’s breadbasket - a vast area of agricultural land providing food for the entire country. The people of this district are mainly farmers, rearing livestock and cultivating crops such as maize and rice, but they suffer a long dry season stretching from June to...
The Nyagatare district (Eastern Province) is Rwanda’s breadbasket - a vast area of agricultural land providing food for the entire country. The people of this district are mainly farmers, rearing livestock and cultivating crops such as maize and rice, but they suffer a long dry season stretching from June to...
05 February 2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Rwanda through Rwanda Development Board (RDB), have signed a Technical Cooperation Programme Project (TCP/RWA/3706) aimed to digitalize commerce in agricultural value chains. The two year project “Support Local suppliers’ capacity development and promotion of online trading in...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Rwanda through Rwanda Development Board (RDB), have signed a Technical Cooperation Programme Project (TCP/RWA/3706) aimed to digitalize commerce in agricultural value chains. The two year project “Support Local suppliers’ capacity development and promotion of online trading in...
30 January 2020
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the government of Rwanda have launched a new project to support farmers that were severely affected by floods in Kirehe District that destroyed crops. The disasters that struck the district late last year, submerged more than 50 hectares...
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the government of Rwanda have launched a new project to support farmers that were severely affected by floods in Kirehe District that destroyed crops. The disasters that struck the district late last year, submerged more than 50 hectares...
