Agricultural stakeholders have come together to introduce a new rice variety to put in check cheap imports that thrive on the name of pishori. Despite Pishori’s high demand, it is a late-maturing variety and yields far…

What you need to know: James Muhoro is the Field Operation Director in-charge of macadamia and peanut programme at Batian Ltd, which processes the two nuts.  He spoke to Seeds of Gold on how…

For the past two decades, Mr Amos Kirya has eked his livelihood through rice growing in a two-acre land he inherited from his late father in Namatala Wetland. "My father was a rice farmer and I…

Samuel Rigu is coy about the secret potion he adds to his fertiliser, revealing only that the brown liquid is called "Safi Proprietary Enhancement Formula". He's less shy about the results. At his processing plant in Mwea, central…

Over the last few years,Kenya has benefited from a rapid intensification of rice production ensuing high yields and economic gains.However, this has led to environmental degradation and adverse health effects. This is why Kilimo Trust, a…

When three graduates pooled their resources to venture into production of organic fertiliser, the main aim of their business idea was to meet a social need, to provide a local solution to a local need Today,…

Farmer facilitators and youth who were trained pose for a group photo after the 3-days training From 14th to 16th December 2022, Kilimo Trust under its Good Food for Cities (GFC) project conducted a training dubbed,…

Okoboi Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited is a registered farmer business organization located in Okoboi village, Okoboi parish, Kapelebyong sub-county, Kapelebyong district. It started in 2017 as a farmer association called Okobo Modern Farmers’ Association with…

On February 8th to 9th 2023, Kilimo Trust conducted a validation workshop for curriculums of short courses on production and processing of tomatoes and passion fruits at Saint Famille Hotel in Kigali. The curriculums were…

Agriculture in Rwanda is moving from rain fed farming dependance to more sustainable approaches such as practicing climate resilient farming using greenhouses and irrigation for increase in production and self-sufficiency for food security. In addition, due…