Fighting malnutrition: Golden Rice and the EU’s GMO conundrum

“This rice could save a million kids a year”, read the July 2000 cover of Time Magazine, referring to a genetically modified rice, “Golden Rice”, that had been biofortified with life-saving nutrition.  But in the nearly two decades that have passed since then, the cultivation of genetically biofortified crops, such as Golden Rice, to help solve the global humanitarian crisis of “malnutrition” remains elusive. One major reason for the delay has been the systematic opposition to all forms of GMOs and genetic engineering by radical interest groups including Greenpeace and…

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Kubungabunga ibidukikije biratanga icyizere cyo gusubirana kwa Ozone

Ihagarikwa ry’ibyangiza Ozone ryatanze umusaruro ku kigero cya 99% nk’uko isesengura ryakozwe ku bufatanye n’impuguke za Loni ku masezerano ya Montreal yerekeye ibinyabutabire byangiza Ozone, ryabigaragaje muri raporo ikorwa buri myaka ine. Isesengura ryakozwe n’impuguke z’Umuryango w’Abibumbye, ryagaragaje ko Akayunguruzo ka Ozone kazaba kamaze kwisubiranya mu myaka 40 iri imbere. Ibikorwa bya muntu byagiye bituma mu kirere hoherezwayo ibinyabutabire byatumye Ozone itoboka. Ibi bigira ingaruka ku bushobozi bwayo bwo kurinda ko imirasire y’izuba yangiza ubuzima ku isi. Mu 1987, nyuma y’imyaka irindwi abahanga muri siyansi bagaragaje ko ibinyabutabire byakozwe n’abantu…

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Sobanukirwa kurushaho n’imyuka ihumanya ikirere n’ingaruka zayo

Imyuka ihumanya ikirere iterwa ahanini n’ubwiyongere bw’inganda ndetse n’ibinyabiziga, iki akaba ari ikibazo kireba isi yose ndetse gikomeje gutera inkeke, cyane ko  iyi myuka ihumanya ikirere igenda yiyongera umunsi ku wundi aho kugabanuka. Imyuka ituruka mu nganda, imyotsi iterwa no gutwika amashyamba, imyuka iva mu binyabiziga biri kugenda, ibyo byose birazamuka bikagera kure mu kirere aho bitera impinduka nyinshi, muri zo harimo kwangirika kw’akayunguruzo k’imirasire y’izuba kazwi ku izina rya “ozone”;  kwiyongera k’umwuka mubi  “CO2” ibi bigatera kugabanyuka k’umwuka mwiza “oxygen”; ukwiyongera k’umwuka w’uburozi wa CO (carbon monoxide) hamwe no…

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Ingaruka z’ibiza: Ahari umuhanda hahindutse icyuzi

Nyuma y’aho umuhanda umaze imyaka ibiri warangiritse ku buryo n’imodoka zawukoreragamo za RITCO zavaga i Kigali zijya i Zaza zahagaritse kuwunyuramo bitewe no kuba ahari umuhanda harahindutse icyuzi;  ubuyobozi bw’akarere ka Rwamagana bwatangaje ko uyu muhanda uhuza aka karere n’aka Ngoma unyuze ahazwi nka Cyaruhogo ugahinguka mu murenge wa Zaza, ugiye gukorwa hashyirwemo ibiraro bishya bizatuma uhinduka nyabagendwa. Bamwe mu batuye muri ibi bice baherutse kubwira itangazamakuru ko babangamiwe n’iyangirika ry’uyu muhanda ngo kuko ryatumye iterambere bari bagezeho risubira inyuma. Umwe yagize ati “ Ubundi twavaga i Kigali duhita twambuka…

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Hatanzwe inkunga yo guhangana n’imihindagurikire y’ibihe

Inama y’ubutegetsi y’Ikigega Mpuzamahanga cy’imari (IMF), yemeje inkunga ya miliyoni 319 z’amadolari ni ukuvuga miliyari zirenga 340 z’amafaranga y’u Rwanda, zo gukoresha muri gahunda zo guhangana n’imihindagurikire y’ibihe no kubaka ubukungu buhamye. U Rwanda nk’igihugu cya mbere muri Afurika kigiye guhabwa inkunga n’Inama y’ubutegetsi y’Ikigega Mpuzamahanga cy’imari (IMF), ingana na miliyoni 319 z’amadolari ni ukuvuga miliyari zirenga 340 z’amafaranga y’u Rwanda. Iyi gahunda ya IMF yashyizweho uyu mwaka, hagamijwe gufasha ibihugu bikennye n’ibifite ubukungu buciciriritse gukemura ibibazo by’igihe kirekire bikomoka ku ihindagurika ry’ibihe. Ni nyuma y’umwanzuro wavuye mu biganiro hagati…

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Akora ubuhinzi budasanzwe, arifuza guha agaciro ibikorerwa mu Rwanda

Kidamage Jean Pierre, ni umwe mu rubyiriko rukora ubuhinzi, we akora ubuhinzi budasanzwe bumenyerewe mu Rwanda bw’amasaro ndetse akanayongerera agaciro. Mu kubyaza umusaruro ibikomoka ku buhinzi bw’amasaro, akoramo ibikoresho binyuranye birimo imitako, amarido, amashapure, ibinigi bigezweho biherekejwe n’ibokomo byabyo n’amaherane. Arifuza guha agaciro “Made in Rwanda” Kidamage wifuza guca ibikomoka ku masaro bituruka mu mahanga akimika ibikorerwa mu Rwanda “Made in Rwanda”, afite company yitwa ” Zamuka Rwanda Ltd”, ikorerwa mu Ntara y’Iburasirazuba, akarere ka nyagatare, umurenge wa Rukomo, akagari ka Gashenyi, mu mudugudu wa Nyamirambo, atangaza ko afite indoto…

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Ikoranabuhanga mu buhinzi n’ubworozi niyo nzira yahisemo

NISHIMWE Aimable ni umuhinzi mworozi wabigize umwuga ku myaka 23, nyuma yo kurangiza amashuri yisumbiye muri scince (PCB), akaba afite Company “PRE EMINENT Ltd” ikora ubuvumvu mu karere KARWAMAGANA,  umurenge wa KARENGE,  akagari ka  BICACA. umudugudu wa RUNZENZE agamije gufasha abaturage bo mu RWANDA kubangurira ibihigwa hakoreshejwe inzuki bityo umusaruro w’ibihigwa ukiyongera ari nako umusaruro w’ubuki uboneka ku isoko.   NISHIMWE yatangaje ko yatangiye n’ubworozi bw’ingurube anabufatanya no gutanga serevisi zo guhugura urubyiruko mu gukoresha imirasire y’izuba mu kuhira, anahugura urubyiruko uburyo bwo gukoresha ikoranabuhanga mu buhinzi anabahishurira amahirwe ari mu…

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Nyamasheke: Yafashe iya mbere mu kurwanya imirire mibi

  MANIRAGABA Theogene ni umuyobozi mukuru wa Company New Innovation Services, akaba ari umwe mu rubyiruko wanze guheranwa n’ubushomeri nyuma yo kurangiza kaminuza mu icungamutungo, aba rwiyemezamirimo aho ari mu rugamba rwo guhangana n’imirire muri Nyamasheke ndetse n’ahandi hose mu Rwanda abakorera kawunga yujuje ubuziranenge hamwe n’ifu y’igikoma. Maniragaba yagize ati: Dukorera mu karere ka Nyamasheke, mu murenge wa Cyato aho dukora ifu y’akawunga yitwa “Akanyuzo” hamwe n’ifu  y’igikoma igizwe n’amasaka, ingano, umuceri na soya ikaba ari umwimerere kandi ikoranye isuku, byose tubitangira ku giciro cyiza haba ku barangura ndetse n’abagura…

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Youth, key actors on strengthening the use of biotechnology in agriculture- Dr NDUWUMUREMYI

By Diane NIKUZE NKUSI The growth rate of the world population continues to increase day by day. World population projected to reach 9.8 billion in 2050 as United Nations revealed. It means that the resulting in a serious need to increase agricultural production by all means, among them there is the use of modern biotechnology in the production of genetically modified crops. This will mean obtaining sufficient, healthy, safe and nutritious food needed to feed the world’s growing population. Since Rwanda’s population is made up of young people, they can bring innovative…

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Abaturarwanda baraburirwa

Ikigo cy’Igihugu gishinzwe iteganyagihe “Meteo Rwanda”,  cyashishikarije abaturarwanda bose n’inzego zibifite mu nshingano gukumira ibiza, kwitwararika no gufata ingamba zijyanye no guhangana n’ibiza kuko hateganyijwe ibihe by’imvura nyinshi hagati ya tariki 10 n’iya 20 Ugushyingo 2022. Iki kigo cyatangaje ko imvura nyinshi iteganyijwe mu ntara y’Amajyaruguru, Iburengerazuba n’Amajyepfo ukuyemo agace k’Amayaga. Inateganyijwe kandi mu Ntara y’Iburasirazuba n’Umujyi wa Kigali, aho bizaterwa ahanini n’isangano ry’imiyaga ihehereye ituruka mu Nyanja ngari ya Atlantique n’iy’u Buhinde. Izatera kandi kutareba neza imbere ku batwaye ibinyabiziga, bikaba bishobora guteza impanuka. Hari ingaruka ziterwa n’umuvuduko mwinshi…

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