Agriculture & Food Systems 🌱

An irrigation investment under the Second Sustainable Agricultural Intensification and Food Security Project (SAIP II) is delivering results beyond traditional farming in Rwanda’s Southern Province. While the project is helping thousands of smallholder farmers increase production in Huye District, it is also transforming the Catholic University of Rwanda (CHUR) in neighboring Gisagara District into a […]

The project is turning once dry fields into productive farms, giving families a reliable source of food and income even during the dry season. In Kabare Sector, Kayonza District, the Kayonza IV irrigation scheme stretches across 365 hectares, where 416 farmers grow vegetables and fruits including tomatoes, chilli, cabbage and avocado.

Out of approximately 123,000 households in Rwamagana District, more than 88,000 depend on agriculture for their livelihoods.

As production expands, new opportunities are emerging in transport, irrigation equipment maintenance, greenhouse construction, storage facilities, produce aggregation and agricultural trade.

If the rains came late, his crops suffered. If drought lasted longer than expected, he harvested less. Like thousands of smallholder farmers across Rwanda, especially in the country’s dry Eastern Province, he depended entirely on the weather to feed his family and earn a living. Today, that has changed.

311 newly certified extension agents say they are ready to help farmers increase production, adopt climate-smart agriculture and improve food security across Rwanda More than 300 agricultural extension agents trained by One Acre Fund Rwanda have committed to help farmers adopt modern farming practices after completing a national training programme aimed at increasing agricultural production

For many visitors, the Rwanda Agricultural Show is a place to discover new farming technologies and buy agricultural products. But for many farmers they see exhibiting this year, it means much more. It is an opportunity to show how training, modern farming practices, and support from development partners have transformed their lives, increased their incomes,

Study Tour to Rwamagana Shows How Land Consolidation Helps Farmers Use Water More Efficiently Farmers from Kirehe District have returned from a study tour in Rwamagana with a new understanding of how irrigation water can be managed more efficiently ,farmers working together to grow the same crop at the same time. During a visit to

Study Tour to Gatsibo Reveals How Irrigation Infrastructure Can Generate Income, Reduce Farmers’ Costs and Sustain Development Farmers from Kirehe District visiting the Kanyonyomba Irrigation Scheme in Gatsibo District have discovered how an irrigation dam can do much more than provide water for crops. Through fish farming, livestock rearing, banana plantations, rental properties and other

Study Tour Inspires New Approach to Water Management, Cooperation and Agricultural Growth Farmers from Kirehe District say they are ready to tackle long-standing water conflicts and improve agricultural productivity after learning a successful irrigation management model during a study tour in Rwamagana District. On June 23, 2026, 58 participants, including representatives of cooperatives, members of

For years, potato farmers in Rwanda worked hard in their fields but earned little from their harvests. After months of planting, weeding and harvesting, many farmers were forced to sell to middlemen who set prices, controlled weighing systems and often left farmers with little bargaining power. Today, many farmers in Northern Rwanda,Musanze District say that