Cattle keepers in Kigali have lost stock worth Rwf 167 million to Brucellosis, a cattle disease caused by the brucella abortus bacteria which leads to miscarriages in the animals.

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Those arrested were allegedly trying to sneak in the meat, contravening standards and regulations set by the Ministry of Agriculture on the transportation of meat.

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Rwanda is calling for the private sector to take advantage of the rapidly increasing demand for beef and invest in massive beef cattle rearing for local consumption and export to countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC).

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Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) in partnership with The African Union Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) has launched a vaccination exercise to eradicate previously neglected poultry diseases to minimise losses incurred by farmers, reports New Times.

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A local women's poultry cooperative, Kora Munyarwandakazi, based in the Gatunda sector of Nyagatare District, has registered encouraging growth since its inception three years ago, reports The New Times.

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The rural farmers told The New Times yesterday, that the outbreak of the disease, their birds are dying on a daily basis. Andrea Mwiseneza, one of the farmers, s

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'I would like to be able to eat food every day," the Rwandan villager told Bóthar chief executive Peter Ireton. The man had been asked what was his greatest wish, what was his biggest ambition, in the world? "I was lost for words, that just got to me," recalls Peter. "But this is the level for the families we are working with."

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World Food Day, the annual event sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to mark the day on which the FAO was founded in 1945.

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It is a Thursday morning with bright sunshine and a fresh breeze. Potatoes are heaped on freshly dug land. A farmer inspects them one by one and places them in a bag. Theoneste Havugimana is harvesting his last potatoes of the year.

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It is a Thursday morning with bright sunshine and a fresh breeze. Potatoes are heaped on freshly dug land. A farmer inspects them one by one and places them in a bag. Theoneste Havugimana is harvesting his last potatoes of the year.

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Livestock farms in several districts of the Eastern Province have been hit by unknown disease that is causing cattle to abort. Dr Jean de Dieu Niyitanga, the head of livestock in Rwamagana District, told The New Times that most farmers in the Eastern Province have reported high rates of miscarriages on their farms.

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Members of Parliament over the weekend called upon residents of Nyamirama sector, Kayonza district to adopt modern farming practices for sustainable food production. A total of 27 legislatures, led by Deputy Speaker, Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo, had ,on Saturday, joined residents of the sector, for the monthly community - Umuganda. The MPs also helped in the completion of Pineapple planting on over 12 hectares of land. Ntawukuriryayo emphasized that the communities need to embrace sustainable agriculture, if they are to pave way for sustainable development.

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Rwanda’s economy will probably expand 7 percent this year as the government steps up subsidies to farmers and construction expands, Finance Minister John Rwangombwa said. Economic growth may accelerate further to 8 percent in 2011, after reaching 6 percent in 2009, Rwangombwa said in an interview yesterday in Abidjan, the commercial capital of Ivory Coast. Rwanda began paying subsidies to farmers to buy fertilizer and seeds in 2007, with those getting financial support farming 40 percent of the country’s arable land. The government aims to increase that to half of the Rwanda’s farmland, Rwangombwa said, without giving a timeframe. Agriculture will probably expand 8 percent this year, he said.

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Princess Maxima of the Netherlands, during her visit to Rwanda this week, applauded the government for its efforts to enhance access to financial services, especially in rural Rwanda. In the past, commercial banks, insurance companies and the Social Security Fund of Rwanda (SSFR) have provided financial services to the urban population with little outreach to the rural sector.

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Rwanda’s unexploited poultry business is set for a boost following the interest of an American investor

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Farmers in the districts of Nyagatare and Gatsibo have welcomed the lifting of a ban on the export of cows that has been causing them heavy losses

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The tiny landlocked east African state is reviving its economy with spending on tourism, agriculture and mining after 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and politically moderate Hutus were killed over a 100-day period in 1994. Reforms and new

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After 2 years of closure due to the 2005 outbreak of Avian influenza, the National Hatchery is steadily progressing with increased production.This was revealed recently by the DG of Rwanda Animal Resources Development Authority (RARDA), Dr Théogène

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Foot and mouth disease, a highly contagious disease has been reported in Nyagatare district of the Eastern Province of Rwanda. Officials from the

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