Rwanda and FAO support business opportunities for young women and men
The new ASTF funded project is going to focus on the next mostly affected malnutrition districts in Rwanda, which are Bugesera, Gisagara, Gakenke and Ruhango.
ASTF project-Poultry value chain/Rwanda. Photo Credit/FAO Rwanda
The Government of Rwanda and FAO jointly launched a project to fight malnutrition and rural poverty, through increasing decent employment in the agricultural sector and improving the local poultry value chain.
In Rwanda major programmes to improve livelihoods of the Rwandan, to mention a few, include crop intensification programme, one cow per family programme, school feeding programme, kitchen garden and fortified crops.
Speaking on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI), Dr Christine Kanyandekwe, Deputy Director-General for Animal Resources in Rwanda Agriculture Board, appreciated the cooperation with FAO in supporting Rwandan farmers.
“The launch of this new project will speed up our goal of eradicating poverty and job creation for our youth. It goes along with the Government’s component in Strategic Plan for Agricultural Transformation in Rwanda”, she said.
The project, financially supported by Africa Solidarity Trust Fund (ASTF), will work directly in the production and marketing segment of the value chain by supporting business opportunities for young women and men to produce seeds for poultry and aquaculture value chains as well as assist small-scale producers to sustainably increase their production and develop effective market linkages between cooperatives and the associations of producers and traders.