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online games pic { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "NewsArticle", "dateCreated": "2024-11-21T23:03:18+02:00", "datePublished": "2024-11-21T23:03:18+02:00", "dateModified": "2024-11-21T23:03:17+02:00", "url": "https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/22022/news/experts-weigh-in-on-rwandas-domestic-food-demand-outlook", "headline": "Experts weigh in on Rwanda’s domestic food demand outlook", "description": "Rwanda’s rising domestic food demand presents an opportunity for farmers and actors in the agricultural and livestock value chains, experts have said,...", "keywords": "", "inLanguage": "en", "mainEntityOfPage":{ "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/22022/news/experts-weigh-in-on-rwandas-domestic-food-demand-outlook" }, "thumbnailUrl": "https://www.newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2024/11/21/64561.jpeg", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2024/11/21/64561.jpeg" }, "articleBody": "Rwanda’s rising domestic food demand presents an opportunity for farmers and actors in the agricultural and livestock value chains, experts have said, recommending accelerating efforts aimed at meeting the demand. The value of domestic food demand is projected to double from $6.5 billion (approximately Rwf8.9 trillion) in 2020 to $13 billion (approximately Rwf17.7 trillion) by 2040, according to the 2024 Rwanda Country Economic Memorandum report by the Government of Rwanda and the World Bank. Much of this increased demand reflects a shift in consumption from a diet high in cereals and beans to one consisting of more livestock-sourced products, horticulture, and processed foods and beverages, the pointed out. The increase also reflects more meals consumed outside the home, the report indicated. ALSO READ: How pop culture is driving growth of fast-food business in Rwanda Rwanda’s food trade has increased sharply and is dominated by regional partners. The report suggests that the shifts in food consumption constitute an immense opportunity for increased jobs. Jules Ngango, an agricultural economist and a lecturer at the University of Rwanda, told The New Times that the demand indeed represents opportunities for local producers who will be guaranteed with market for their agricultural products. The demand, he said, is also expected to boost Rwanda’s economic growth through increased national production, but he called for scaling up of irrigation efforts to realise this demand. “Apart from population growth, improvements in living standards, understanding of nutrition, and level of education make people change their consumption habits,” Ngango said, citing adoption of animal-sourced products and horticulture items such as fruits. What should Rwanda prioritise? Based on projected population growth and changes in dietary patterns, the World Bank estimates food demand over the next two decades is estimated to be more than twice that of Rwanda’s production capacity, necessitating about 34,000 square kilometres of arable land compared to Rwanda’s 12,400square kilometres even under quite optimistic yield growth assumptions. Birasa Nyamulinda, another agricultural economist and agribusiness lecturer at Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture (RICA), observed that this demand will be driven by an increase in purchasing power among the population, increased awareness about healthy products, and understanding the importance of animal-sourced products such as eggs, milk and meat, as well as fruits and vegetables in their consumption. To meet this demand, Nyamulinda said large-scale irrigation projects such as Gabiro Agribusiness Hubin Eastern Province are important, citing a focus on vegetables and fruits. “Investment should be made in post-harvest management so that the available produce is not wasted, but rather it is properly handled for sustainability in supply,” he noted. ALSO READ: Govt urged to leverage agric technologies to feed growing population Rwanda must also place focus on policies that boost productivity to meet the growing food demand, experts say. “Focus has to be put on the production of key food crops needed in the country such as rice, Irish potatoes, maize, fruits and vegetables, as well as livestock products,” Ngango said, adding that consistency of supply should be ensured and that policies that increase productivity should be put in place. Ngango suggested that there is a need to support large-scale farmers who can leverage the existingtechnologies, improved seeds, and irrigation mechanisms, to boost productivity. “Subsistence farmers who produce food on a small scale and own small land are not expected to meet the domestic food demand as it is difficult for them to the required technologies because of limited means,” he noted, adding that the focus should be on large-scale farming. ALSO READ: Agriculture land ‘must be protected’ to feed increasing population Farmers speak out For farmers, drought or shortage of rainfall, is one of the major challenges to food production. Marie Therese Uzamukunda, an Irish potato farmer from Bugeshi Sector, Rubavu District, told The New Times that while food demand keeps increasing, farm productivity is not sustainable in part due todrought. She is one of the farmers hit by a dry spell that started in May and ran through August in the district. “I was expecting to harvest 15 tonnes of Irish potatoes per a hectare, but I only harvested five tonnes,” she said of the dry spell impact. Uzamukunda highlighted that although irrigation would offer a solution, some parts of the country including Bugeshi in Rubavu have no access to water bodies, which makes setting up irrigation infrastructure costly. The World Bank shows in its report that the value of food imports rose from around $400 million in 2015 to $1.1 billion in 2022, or from 15.4 per cent of total imports to 22 per cent over the same period. The value of food exports rose by less, from $530 million in 2015 to $800 million in 2022, and the share of exports fell from 46.5 percent to 27.2 per cent. One driver of the increased food imports has been that the increase in food production did not keep pace with the increase in population. Intra-African food trade accounted for almost half of Rwanda’s total trade, with a sharp increase in recent years and the African market is likely to continue growing over the coming decades. To address the import-export imbalance, Birasa said that the country should identify and focus on agricultural and livestock products that can be produced locally at a relatively small cost, and only import those that would involve higher production cost domestically. Overall, he held, importing more foods than a country produces implies difficulties [such as pressure on its currency], calling for keeping momentum in the country’s efforts to set up infrastructure to boost local production. “It would not be good if the increasing [food] demand is satisfied by imports. 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Elijah Precciely, 17, the youngest ever Southern University graduate, receives his diploma from Dr. Lealon Martin during the school's fall commencement at F.G. Clark Activity Center on Friday, December 13, 2024. Javier Gallegos Elijah Precciely, 17, the youngest ever Southern University graduate, stands up to wave at his family during Southern University fall commencement at F.G. Clark Activity Center on Friday, December 13, 2024. Javier Gallegos Elijah Precciely at age 11 in May of 2018 when he becomes a full-time student on a full-ride scholarship at Southern Univeristy. ADVOCATE STAFF PHOTO BY BILL FEIG Elijah Precciely, 17, the youngest ever Southern University graduate, walks on stage to receive his diploma during Southern University fall commencement at F.G. Clark Activity Center on Friday, December 13, 2024. Javier Gallegos Elijah Precciely, 17, the youngest ever Southern University graduate, walks toward the exit while holding up his diploma during Southern University fall commencement at F.G. Clark Activity Center on Friday, December 13, 2024. Javier Gallegos Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Elijah Precciely was handed his diploma Friday morning, under the lights inside Southern University's Minidome, the 17-year-old became the youngest graduate in the university's 144-year history. Precciely, 17, has now completed his journey at Southern, one that officially started at 11 years old when he was awarded the full Joseph S. Clark Presidential scholarship. He leaves the university with bachelor's degrees in physics and mathematics, hundreds of hours of class credit and research time, and strong claims to being the youngest university graduate in Louisiana history and across all historically black colleges and universities in the nation. But in many ways, Precciely is like any other graduating teenager, proud of his years of hard work and ready to finally have some time to relax. His parents, Steve and Pamela Precciely, tried to get their son to understand the full weight of what he has accomplished. To them, this is not simply a once-in-a-lifetime success for Elijah. It is more, because most people don't reach this level of achievement so early in life. "I said, Elijah, in the whole state of Louisiana how many people got moved up a grade or two? You'll probably have thousands," Steve Precciely said. "How many started college early? You will probably have some hundreds, maybe. But if you ask how many started college at 11 years old? I said that will only be one ... and that one is you." Early learning signs A community of family, friends, advisers and professors have worked to make this opportunity possible for Elijah, and each did so because they saw his potential. "When he was maybe 3 or 6 months old, a family member prophesied that he would attend college at 12 years old," Steve Precciely said of a premonition felt by Elijah's aunt, Rosetta James. Pamela Precciely finished the story, "First she said he'd attend at 12 years old, then she paused, and said 'no ... it'll be at 11.'" There was good reason to trust James' prophecy: Elijah's two older sisters also achieved accelerated placement during their schooling. As he developed, the signs began to mount. First, at Trinity Christian Academy preschool, where by the time Elijah was 18 months old the attendants said they had nothing left to teach him and asked the Preccielys if they could move him to learn with the older toddlers. Then, as Elijah grew, he increasingly came to his parents with questions that surprised them, some they even struggled to answer for him. How many bones were in the body? What were taxes and how did they work? How did magnets move on their own? The couple had been at a similar point with their daughters, "but we didn't know what to do with them, and we weren't in contact with anyone else who knew what to do with them," Pamela Precciely said. She was determined to find the right resources for Elijah, fighting to get him accepted into a program for gifted elementary students before he was old enough. When she eventually won that fight, Elijah immediately was jumped three grade levels. Most of his early education was done at the home school the Preccielys ran for their daughters and other students alongside Elijah. Here, the Preccielys taught using the guiding phrase that students could "go as fast as they wanted, but never as slow as they wanted." "It was quite phenomenal to see him to have that space and that liberty to explore and to learn at a very young age," Steve Precciely said, "We did not chop that learning up or stop it. We did not block it, and that's what happens with most children." During this time, Pamela Precciely had kept her eye on a summer program at Southern University for gifted students. But a session hadn't opened in the previous few years. "I kept waiting and kept waiting. I said, 'I need this young man. I cannot leave him where he is,'" Pamela Precciely said. One day, in her desperation, she woke Elijah, had him get dressed, and drove him to Southern's campus, certain that if she could just get him in front of the right people, they would see his capabilities. As soon as the professor who ran the summer sessions finished his interview with 8-year-old Elijah, he told Pamela Precciely, "He must start classes now." From that day on, Elijah was a Jaguar, even if he didn't start earning credit for the classes he attended until three years later when he was officially enrolled and awarded a full academic scholarship. His parents were even able to use home schooling credits alongside Elijah's college transcript to fulfill his high school education requirements, all by the time other children were entering middle school. 11-year-old on campus Soon, Elijah was in his first lecture: college algebra and physical science. His mother would bring him to class each day, with a lunch packed for both of them, and supervise Elijah in his classes. It wouldn't be until he was 13 that Elijah would attend classes alone. During these early semesters, Pamela Precciely was still unsure about how a young boy's presence would disturb a college class. She asked Elijah to not ask as many questions. The students' responses surprised her, however, with many wanting Elijah in their class, motivating them to remember that learning should be fun. To the Preccielys, the "billion dollar question" they often hear is how other parents can accelerate their own children like Elijah. The couple is working on a book to compile what they have learned from all of their children's experiences. "We didn't put any brakes on him, saying 'oh no, let him stay here this is his age,'" Steve Precciely said. Determined to find success For years his routine continued at Southern, getting up, going early to class, reviewing during passing period or taking a power nap, then heading home to pursue the research project he was working on. The pace was relentless. "No one will ever be able to understand the level of determination," Elijah said of the past six years. "You won't understand the weight until you bear it on your own shoulders." But Elijah did find one man who understood his burden, Dr. Jamar Montgomery, a Southern grad who Elijah met while Montgomery was studying business and law. Montgomery himself had accelerated schooling, graduating with a mechanical engineering degree at 19. "He saved me 20 years," Elijah said about his mentor. "He's helped me not be so hard on myself, because when people have been hard on you your whole life, you believe that you're failing even when you're not." They also bonded over living outside of the traditional high school or college experience. Both have dealt with finding friends outside of class or having friends who weren't close to their ages. Elijah did have many of the same opportunities as a traditional high schooler. He played sports when he was younger and even attended a Baton Rouge prom. Elijah said he is often confused when people ask him about the high school or college "experience" and its importance, because to him, this is the only life he has lived. And if you ask Elijah or Montgomery, both will tell you the journey is worth it. "I think some of the opportunities that I have had have been not necessarily because I was young or because I had been accelerated, but the fact I had been accelerated was proof that I could handle basically anything you could throw at me," Montgomery said. This is how Elijah understands the benefits of his accelerated schooling. It isn't just having the knowledge early that makes him exceptional; it is being able to self-motivate to learn and to keep learning outside of the reward system set up by traditional school. Elijah is proudest of his research, from carbon nanotubes to self-repairing concrete, all real technologies that he studied alongside Southern's professors. "I want my work to speak for me, not just my age," he said. For the future, Elijah hinted at a vast plan for many more years within academia, maybe venturing outside of his degree into biology. 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After receiving reports of drone activity last month near Morris County, New Jersey, the Federal Aviation Administration issued temporary bans on drone flights over a , New Jersey, that is owned by President-elect Donald Trump, and over . The FAA says the bans are in response to requests from “federal security partners.” Who regulates drones? The FAA is responsible for the , and Congress has written some requirements into law. Who enforces the rules? With a 2018 law, the Preventing Emerging Threats Act, Congress gave certain agencies in the Homeland Security and Justice departments authority to counter threats from unmanned aircraft to protect the safety of certain facilities. New drones must be outfitted with equipment allowing law enforcement to identify the operator, and Congress gave the agencies the power to detect and take down unmanned aircraft that they consider dangerous. The law spells out where the counter-drone measures can be used, including “national special security events” such as presidential inaugurations and other large gatherings of people. What does it take to become a drone pilot? To get a “remote pilot certificate,” you must be at least 16 years old, be proficient in English, pass an aeronautics exam, and not suffer from a ”mental condition that would interfere with the safe operation of a small unmanned aircraft system.” Are drones allowed to fly at night? Yes, but the FAA imposes restrictions on nighttime operations. Most drones are not allowed to fly at night unless they are equipped with anti-collision lights that are visible for at least 3 miles (4.8 kilometers). Are drones a hazard? Over the past decade, pilots have reported hundreds of close calls between drones and airplanes including airline jets. In some cases, airplane pilots have had to take evasive action to avoid collisions. Drones buzzing over a runway at London’s Gatwick Airport during the Christmas travel rush in 2018 and . Police dismissed the idea of shooting down the drones, fearing that stray bullets could kill someone. Advances in drone technology have made it harder for law enforcement to find rogue drone operators — bigger drones in particular have more range and power. Will drone rules get tougher? Some state and local officials in New Jersey are calling for stronger restrictions because of the recent sightings, and that has the drone industry worried. Scott Shtofman, director of government affairs at the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International, said putting more limits on drones could have a “chilling effect” on “a growing economic engine for the United States.” “We would definitely oppose anything that is blindly pushing for new regulation of what are right now legal drone operations,” he said. 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Hybrid warfare means broadening military operations to include espionage, sabotage and cyberattacks, as well as engaging in election interference, propaganda or disinformation campaigns to weaken and destabilize the enemy from within. Experts say Russia has continuously expanded its hybrid warfare arsenal in recent years. Sabotage suspected after Baltic Sea cables cut To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Espionage European countries have expelled around 500 Russian diplomats since early 2022. Britain's MI5 secret service said at least 400 of them are spies. Many Russian embassies and consulates are reported to be equipped with state-of-the-art communications and espionage technology. If any of this can be definitively proven, Western intelligence agencies have chosen not to make public the information they may have gathered. After all, the embassy and consulate buildings are considered Russian territory and cannot be entered by host states without Russian permission. The Dutch secret service has warned that Russia is equipping its spies with false papers and smuggling them into Western institutions disguised as businesspeople. Reports of suspected Russian espionage emerge regularly. Some drew attention to a hacked conversation between German army officials discussing the country's Taurus missile system . Others have dealt with suspected Russian drones spying on European air bases and industrial zones. Some reports have also focused on suspected spy ships, officially classed as research vessels, cruising the seas of northern Europe and mapping critical seabed infrastructure for possible acts of sabotage. Sabotage Last week, a Russian-captained Chinese freighter reportedly damaged two undersea cables by dragging an anchor over the seabed . The incident is similar to one that occurred in October 2023. Last month, a London warehouse used for storing aid for Ukraine was hit by an arson attack . In July, a parcel that should have been sent by air freight went up in flames at a DHL logistics center in Leipzig, Germany. It is thought Russian sabotage could have been at play in these and numerous other cases. Yet nothing has been proven so far. European intelligence services warn that the number of acts of sabotage and arson have increased dramatically over the past year in the EU and UK. Cyberattacks Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) warns that the risk of malicious cyberspace activity is "higher than ever." Online espionage and sabotage are ever-present. "Before Russia's attack on Ukraine, Russian-linked groups were very active in Germany engaging in cyberespionage and financially motivated ransomware attacks," the BSI said. "The scope of threats has expanded since Russia launched its war of aggression against Ukraine." The agency said "the number of DDoS attacks by pro-Russian hacktivists" has risen sharply. DDoS attacks involve flooding websites or servers with traffic until they crash due to overload. Hacks aimed at penetrating company and institutional networks are also on the rise. Disinformation and propaganda Another objective of hybrid warfare is trying to influence public opinion in a given target country. Falsehoods and pro-Russian or anti-Ukrainian narratives are disseminated to this end, whether on social media platforms through troll factories, or via Russian foreign media outlets. In early 2024, Germany's Foreign Ministry uncovered a Russian "Doppelganger" disinformation campaign. It involved 50,000 fake social media user accounts spreading falsehoods and pro-Russian opinions on social networks while linking to fake news outlets spreading Russian propaganda. Some of the sites appeared deceptively similar to well-known news sites. Election interference, meddling in the political process One of the aims of these disinformation campaigns is to undermine public support for Ukraine. Another objective consists of politically destabilizing a democratic target country by strengthening extreme parties and candidates, for example by providing financial support to them. Russian propaganda: Deepfake videos tougher to detect To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video In April, the Czech secret service uncovered a propaganda website called Voice of Europe , believed to be financed by Moscow. The site is suspected of paying bribes to some members of European Parliament. One of the individuals suspected of having received such payments is Petr Bystron , an MEP with the far-right populist Alternative for Germany ( AfD ) party. He has denied the accusations. Western intelligence agencies also accused Russia of directly or indirectly influencing dozens of elections across Europe, North America and South America. Russian international broadcaster RT is said to have produced videos on controversial topics such as aid for Ukraine, migration and the economy during the US presidential election campaign. Right-wing US bloggers then spread some of the videos. Hack-and-leak attacks are also part of the hybrid warfare repertoire. They involve hacking politicians, political parties or other institutions to steal and publish confidential information, sometimes alongside falsified documents, before elections. This happened, for example, in the run-up to the 2016 US election and the 2017 French presidential election. Targeted killings Assassinating influential figures is another facet of hybrid warfare. Russian President Vladimir Putin has not shied away from attacking individuals abroad . This is clear from the killing of a Chechen ex-commander in Berlin's Tiergarten park, who allegedly fought against Russia during the Second Chechen War. This is also evident from the 2006 attack on Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko and the assassination attempt against Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in 2018 . All were carried out on British soil. It's mainly Russian citizens who have fallen victim to such attacks so far. In July 2024, however, news leaked that Russia was planning to assassinate Armin Papperger , CEO of the German armaments group Rheinmetall, which manufactures the Leopard II tanks and other munitions supplied to Ukraine. The Kremlin has denied all the accusations. How to deal with hybrid warfare? Russia is conducting many different hybrid warfare pinpricks across Europe, according to Sönke Marahrens, a German army officer and hybrid security expert. "Russian operators are trying out different things in many European states, which are individually tailored to the respective state," Marahrens told German public news outlet tagesschau.de. "Hybrid measures that work in Poland don't work in Germany; what works in Germany wouldn't work in Finland." That is why, he said, one must expect "a very broad spectrum of attacks in the future." Likewise, one should show flexibility in reacting to such attacks, he added. This article was translated from German .

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CHICAGO (AP) — Aidan Laughery rushed for three touchdowns and No. 22 Illinois topped Northwestern 38-28 on Saturday to reach nine victories for the first time since its 2007 Rose Bowl season. Pat Bryant dashed in to score off Luke Altmyer’s 43-yard pass early in the third quarter as Illinois (9-3, 6-3 Big Ten) struck for touchdowns just over 4 minutes apart early in the third quarter to open a 28-10 lead in what had been a tight game. Bryant's 10th receiving touchdown tied a school record. Altmyer, who threw for 170 yards, had a TD himself on a keeper from the 1-yard line early in the second quarter. David Olano added a field goal in the fourth to cap Illinois' scoring. Laughery, a sophomore running back, rushed for a career-best 172 yards and topped 100 for the first time. He entered with only one TD this season and two for his career. He had a career-long 64-yard run for a score early in the second half. Coach Bret Bielema said he wasn't surprised by Laughery's explosive performance as the Gibson City, Illinois product rounded back into form after being hampered by a hamstring injury earlier this season. “I thought today would be a day that could happen,” Bielema said. “Today some of those turned into big home run hits we've kind of been waiting on all year.” Laughery said he's been prepping for this kind of game, when he carried the ball 12 times for an average of 14.3 yards. “Finally, the opportunity was there,” said Laughery, who got the game ball. “You know you gotta' hit one and it came together today.” He credited the Illini offensive line with opening space for his breakout performance. “Those guys were covering them (Northwestern's defense) all day long,” Laughery said. “It was awesome running behind the looks we were getting” Northwestern’s Devin Turner intercepted Altmyer twice, including for a 13-yard touchdown return late in the first quarter. Thomas Gordon caught Jack Lausch's 15-yard TD pass with a minute left, then the Wildcats added a two-point conversion to complete the scoring. Northwestern (4-8, 2-7 Big Ten) didn’t pack it in as hosted its second game this season at Wrigley Field, this time on a breezy sunny day with game-time temperature of 20 degrees. It looked like the Illini might run away after Bryant’s 10th receiving touchdown 4:52 into the third. He entered tied for the Big Ten lead. But Luke Akers kicked his second field goal of the game, a 34-yarder, with 5:35 left in the third quarter to cut it to 28-13. Lausch led the Wildcats on their next possession and finished it with an 11-yard touchdown toss to A.J. Henning to narrow the Illini lead to 28-20. Then Mac Resetich intercepted Lausch’s pass 50 seconds into the fourth quarter. Laughery powered up the middle for 31 yards and his third TD about two minutes later to quell the Wildcats' momentum. Northwestern dominated in possession time — 34:32 to 25:28 —and plays — 90 to 53. The margin was even more pronounced in the first half, but the Wildcats settled for a 13-yard touchdown return on Turner’s second pick of the game with 2:14 left in the first quarter and Akers’ 21-yard field goal that opened the scoring 6:29 in. Illinois led 14-10 at the half on Laughery’s 30-yard TD run midway through the first quarter and Altmyer’s keeper 1:39 into the second. Akers missed wide to the right on a 44-yard attempt as time ran out in the half. Both teams’ leading pass receivers were injured. Northwestern’s Bryce Kirtz was knocked out of the game in the first quarter with a lower-body injury after two receptions that upped his total yards to 598. Illinois’ Bryant went to the locker room with about 5 minutes left in the first half after Turner collided with him as he plucked his second interception. Bryant returned, however, for the second half. THE TAKEAWAY Illinois: Is in line for a prestigious bowl game appearance and a chance to tie the school record of 10 wins, most recently set during their 2001 Sugar Bowl season. “We wanted to put ourselves in a good position on this day to get to nine wins and see where it can go,” Bielema said. “Just a fun day overall. I don't know what the future holds. It think we're a team that can play with anybody in the country.” Northwestern: Finished its second season under coach David Braun at 4-8 overall and 2-7 in the Big Ten. The Wildcats dropped their final three and five of the last six. UP NEXT Illinois is headed to a bowl game. Northwestern opens its 2025 season at Tulane on Aug. 30.