Agriculture & Food Systems 🌱

Digital records are helping farmers gain the confidence of banks, access loans faster, and strengthen agricultural cooperatives across Rwanda For years, tea farmer Nambajimana Simon in Nyamasheke District worked hard in his tea plantation but faced a challenge common to many smallholder farmers across Rwanda: proving his production history to financial institutions. Like many farmers, […]

For many farmers, growing vegetables is only the first step. The bigger challenge comes after harvest: finding buyers, transporting produce safely, and getting paid on time. For years, members of DUHUZIMBARAGA MUHAZI Cooperative in Muhazi Sector, Rwamagana District, faced exactly these problems. Despite producing tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet peppers, and chili peppers, much of their harvest

Commercialization and De-risking for Agricultural Transformation Project (CDAT) Innovation Challenge Fund reaches over 10,000 farmers as smart agriculture solutions boost productivity, save water and create jobs Young innovators are playing role in transforming Rwanda’s agriculture sector, using technology to tackle challenges ranging from low productivity and water shortages to post-harvest losses and limited market access.

Government-backed insurance scheme now covers greenhouse structures, crops and produce during transport Greenhouse farmers in Karongi District have welcomed the government’s decision to expand the Tekana Urishingiwe Muhinzi Mworozi agricultural insurance scheme to greenhouse farming, saying the move will help protect farmers investing heavily in modern agriculture. The expanded insurance coverage comes at a time

Agricultural insurance gains attention as climate risks continues affecting farmers in Western Rwanda Potato farmers in Rutsiro District are increasingly turning to agricultural insurance after receiving compensation for losses caused by drought under the government-supported Tekana Urishingiwe Muhinzi Mworozi scheme. Farmers and local leaders say the insurance program is helping reduce the impact of climate-related

Farmers who once sold goats and household property after floods and drought now say insurance has become their safety net For many years, rice farmers in Nyamasheke District lived with fear every farming season. Heavy rains flooded their fields. Strong winds destroyed crops. Diseases and drought reduced harvests. And when losses came, many farmers had

Government of Rwanda increases campaign as climate risks continue to affect agriculture As climate change continues to affect farming in Rwanda, the government of Rwanda says more farmers are turning to agricultural insurance to protect themselves from losses caused by floods, drought, strong winds and animal diseases. Under the national agricultural insurance scheme known as

For years, when Musengimana Jean Marie’s children watched their neighbors drink milk, they would ask a question: “Why don’t we also have milk at home?” Living in the Nyundo Sector of Rubavu District, Jean Marie had no answer. Poverty made it impossible for him to buy a cow, despite living in a community where livestock

In Kayonza District, a cassava stem is changing lives. Farmers who once struggled with poor harvests and hunger are now multiplying improved cassava seeds and supplying them to other farmers across Rwanda, helping transform food security in drought-prone communities. With support from the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB) through the Kayonza Irrigation

Farmers who once abandoned soybeans now see the crop as a profitable business after the Food and Agriculture Resilience Mission Pillar 3 (FARM P3) linked them to reliable buyers and modern farming support. For many years, soybean farming in Kayonza District was losing value in the eyes of farmers. Many preferred other crops because soybeans