Potato farmers in Rwanda will soon be able to improve their incomes and climate resilience with new, high-yielding, climate-smart potato varieties thanks to Ministry of Agriculture & Animal Resources |Rwanda, International Potato Center and USAID Rwanda Ambassador Eric Kneedler bit.ly/RwandaNewPotat…

Who is in potato business ?#Agrodealers #Processors #extentionservices #Marketing #FinancialServices #seedproducers #research #letsknoweachother #mappingofpotatostakeholders

Rwanda Potato Stakeholders Platform(RPSP) Additions (free listing) welcome at: advertise.potatopro.com/node/4

Farmers get new Irish potato varieties newtimes.co.rw/news/farmers-g… via The New Times (Rwanda)

Trading under #AfCFTA begins on 1 July 2020, are you excited? 😍😍 👉 54 signatories, 29 ratifications and over $3 trillion in GDP 👉 Covering 1.2bn people growing to 2.5bn by 2050 👉 Boosting intra-#Africa trade currently at 15% to 52.3% by 2022 👉 Reducing tariffs by 90%

Ikigo Gishinzwe Iterambere ry’Ubuhinzi n’Ubworozi mu Rwanda (RAB), kiramenyesha abantu bose ko cyamunara y'ibigori biribwa yari iteganyijwe ku wa 20/01/2020 yimuriwe ku wa 28/01/2020. Ibindi bisobanuro mwabisanga ku rubuga rwayo: rab.gov.rw

A greenhouse provides an excellent opportunity to grow the high quality crops. This is the first harvest of cucumbers from our greenhouse. Ministry of Education | Rwanda, Rwanda Polytechnic, Rwanda Agriculture & Animal Resources Devpt Board, Ministry of Agriculture & Animal Resources |Rwanda, WDA, @MinisterRw_Edu, James Gashumba, Emile ABAYISENGA, Gatabazi Jean Marie Vianney.

Amazing productivity of HoReCo-Rwanda /PSPP multiplied Prebasic and Basic potato seed which supplied to SPF-Ikigega to continue availing early generation seed potato to seed multipliers. Thanks Ministry of Agriculture & Animal Resources |Rwanda Rwanda Youth In Agribusiness Forum Northern Province/ Rwanda Rwanda Potato Stakeholders Platform(RPSP) Rwanda Agriculture & Animal Resources Devpt Board

It is possible when applying best agriculture practice; this shown in Dukomezubuzima Coop harvested more 25tons/Ha as result of SPF-Ikigega and Agriterra Rwanda technica assistance,where they produced Basic seed of Kirundo Variety, Agriterra Benoit Jasper Spikker

Only 9 African countries are on track to cut under-nutrition to less than 5% by 2025. What policies can improve these numbers? Find out: wrld.bg/fagI50y4gkI

.Europatat in collaboration with CNIPT, Board Bia and VLAM has launched a new campaign meant to encourage the consumption of fresh potatoes among Millennials in the EU. bit.ly/36E5B5C #Europatat #campaign

Food and Agriculture Organization Yasmina Bouziane FAO4Members FAO in Emergencies FAO Ethiopia FAO in Kenya FAO in Somalia Dominique Burgeon FAO in Africa FAOAfricaADG FAO Eastern Africa FAO Newsroom 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇸🇴 Somalia ... are dealing with desert locust swarms of unprecedented size and destructive potential. We need a collective campaign to deal with the crisis 🦗🦗 👉 buff.ly/30Y7gBw

While addressing the Global Potato Conclave today, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned goal of doubling farmer incomes by 2022. Improved #potato varieties and seed technologies can help #India achieve #NoPoverty. 🔸 Narendra Modi 🔸 Indian Council of Agricultural Research. 🔸 CGIAR 🔸 RootsTubersBananas Breeding

Kellogg’s plan to ban glyphosate is an asinine move, dictated by their marketing, not the science department. Will have negative consequences as farmers switch to more toxic alternatives, move away from conservation tillage that brought much eco benefits! washingtonpost.com/business/2020/…

The needs of and challenges faced by women farmers 👩🏽‍🌾 in #Africa need to be addressed to enable income and #foodsecurity improvements. The book chapter “Supporting smallholder women farmers in potato cultivation,” explains how. 🔸 Burleigh Dodds 👉🏽 bit.ly/BDSP-Women

Dr. Agnes M. Kalibata paid a courtesy call to #Kenya's new Cabinet Secretary of #Ag, Hon Hon. Peter G. Munya, EGH.. They discussed the country's #ag strategy & the CS is keen to see our continued support in dvt of the warehouse receipt system regulations among other policy related interventions.

#FruitLogistica2020 is one of the greatest opportunities that Rwandan exporters of fruits and vegetables Rwanda Horticulture Brand have to meet potential clients and make their products known in the international markets NAEB @IDH_buzz

Last week, NAEB received upgraded cold chain works on its horticulture packing house. The series of activities to upgrade this facility were done by the HortInvest project, financed by our Embassy. This project promotes horticulture value chain development in Rwanda.

Today, 02/03/2020, we met Neblaska University Team from USA and We have discussed about collaboration.