Farmers who continue to grapple with high cost of farm inputs such as fertilizer, pesticides and seeds resort to reducing planted acreage, definitely contributing to the shortage of food supplies on the markets.
Economists say the new census will provide fresh data which will enable government planners make necessary adjustments in design of programmes and projects aimed at tackling poverty.
The diplomats tackled a wide range of issues from security, cooperation with regard recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, climate crisis, and the push to have African countries halt oil purchases from Russia.
Food items and other essentials are more expensive in rural areas as rural CPI increased the most by 22.5 per cent on annual basis compared to 15.6 per cent in urban areas.
The regulator will have to address a number of issues from short term contracts that do not allow investors to secure new capital investment to cope with increased demand.
Recent studies point to escalation of droughts, floods, extreme storms or wildfires, among others that threaten food security and livelihoods of millions of people across resource-poor countries.
So far, key Pan-African conservation organisations spearheading the scheme say it’s too early to determine when the governance structure, capitalization and disbursement modalities for A-PACT will be deliberated and agreed upon by concerned parties
Many satellite cities still operate in the same way as any rural district. This implies that officials have been focusing on rural issues and not prioritizing resources to drive urban growth.
Bay View (BVG) and Spalena, both limited liability companies formed by American citizen, Roderick Marshall, had sued government of Rwanda over unfairly terminating a mining contract signed in 2007.
No one is telling universities and journalism training institutions, or the latter simply don’t bother to check, that realities of the industry have completely changed.
Over 6 million mobile money subscribers in Rwanda can finally enjoy cross-network transfer services at no cost after two rival network operators interlinked their platforms.
Details seen by RwandaPost show government seeks to cut “unnecessary or non-essential/ non-efficient” spending by institutions, such as those related to official travel, physical meetings, workshops and conferences.
The audit flagged 88 cases of idle assets worth Rwf37.2 billion were identified in 49 public institutions. They comprise 54 new cases worth Rwf28.8 billion, and 34 cases worth Rwf8.4 billion flagged by last year’s audit by Mr. Kamuhire’s predecessor Obadiah Biraro.
