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07 March 2019
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Environment signed an agreement to implement two projects one aimed to identify bioenergy options suitable to the Rwandan context and the other on water governance, water accounting and water use efficiency. During the signing ceremony, the Minister of...
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Environment signed an agreement to implement two projects one aimed to identify bioenergy options suitable to the Rwandan context and the other on water governance, water accounting and water use efficiency. During the signing ceremony, the Minister of...
28 February 2019
Rwanda’s agriculture contributes about 31 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (NISR, 2017), 10 percent of which comes from the livestock subsector. The subsector presents investment opportunities going by the new and first ever livestock master plan which will run from 2017–2022. Developed with financial support from Food and Agriculture Organization...
Rwanda’s agriculture contributes about 31 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (NISR, 2017), 10 percent of which comes from the livestock subsector. The subsector presents investment opportunities going by the new and first ever livestock master plan which will run from 2017–2022. Developed with financial support from Food and Agriculture Organization...
20 February 2019
Banana has carried significant importance to Rwanda’s dietary for a long time now. It is one of highly consumed staple crops in the country thanks to its multipurpose uses –culinary and wine brewing. Currently, there are more than 60 banana varieties in farmers’ fields, and 117 in RAB field collection. The...
Banana has carried significant importance to Rwanda’s dietary for a long time now. It is one of highly consumed staple crops in the country thanks to its multipurpose uses –culinary and wine brewing. Currently, there are more than 60 banana varieties in farmers’ fields, and 117 in RAB field collection. The...
19 February 2019
Chronic malnutrition or stunting remains a national challenge for Rwanda. In 2015, about 38% of children under the age of five were chronically undernourished (Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey, 2015). Fighting malnutrition however, requires multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder interventions and coordination. This, therefore, calls for putting in place capacity development measures...
Chronic malnutrition or stunting remains a national challenge for Rwanda. In 2015, about 38% of children under the age of five were chronically undernourished (Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey, 2015). Fighting malnutrition however, requires multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder interventions and coordination. This, therefore, calls for putting in place capacity development measures...
31 January 2019
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources organized a national policy dialogue on “Agricultural Innovation Systems” to analyze enabling environment for Agricultural Innovation Systems in Rwanda, and made actionable recommendations for improvement. The policy dialogue was part of the...
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources organized a national policy dialogue on “Agricultural Innovation Systems” to analyze enabling environment for Agricultural Innovation Systems in Rwanda, and made actionable recommendations for improvement. The policy dialogue was part of the...
