Rwanda’s agriculture employs up to 56.7% of the working-age population and supports rural livelihoods. Yet it faces growing pressure due to small and fragmented landholdings, declining soil fertility, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The government and its partners in the floriculture sector hope to learn from failure and benefit from East Africa’s blossoming flower export business. It took me five days [to get] the 700kg of ...

In my experience working with farmers and agripreneurs, I have gained practical insights into agriculture. My journey began in 2022 when I joined Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture (RICA), ...

Nyagatare District has been identified as Rwanda's most climate-vulnerable district, according to the National Climate Change Vulnerability Index Assessment released on June 3 by the Rwanda ...

Rwanda’s agricultural success story continues. Despite restrictive policies (bans on plastic bags, mandatory participation in cleanup day on the fourth Saturday of every month, monocrop collectives) ...

More than 70% of Rwanda’s population are subsistence farmers. Shutterstock/Sarine Arslanian The Rwandan government –- supported by major international donors –- has high ambitions to modernise and ...

The Rusumo Hydropower Project is already delivering benefits across Rwanda, with impacts being felt in agriculture, aviation, housing, healthcare, water supply, roads, and regional power trade. The ...

All countries in the world have a need for agriculture whether for local consumption but also for export. Still, one must be able to ensure the productivity of arable land. Eastern Rwanda, for example ...

The project works to increase the commercialization and productivity of hillside agriculture in Rwanda. Since 2008, the project has reversed harmful erosion by protecting 2,346 hectares of land, ...