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2018-31-08 Roundtable Meeting Nairobi,Kenya- Incentives and Disincentives to Invest in Orange Fleshed Sweetpotato- The Case of Pro-poor Public-Private Partnerships in Rwanda
2018-31-08 Roundtable Meeting Nairobi,Kenya- SUSTAIN Rwanda Project Updates
SPHI Brief 24: The Feed the Future Rwanda Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato (OFSP) for Income and Nutrition Activity
By the end of the third year, the project has directly reached 207,267 households with OFSP and other 144,105 households indirectly in partnership with the Government of Rwanda and other partners. Decentralized vine multipliers (DVMs) have sold vines worth US $411,529. Farmers have sold sweetpotato roots worth US $114,250. It …
Read More »SPHI Brief 23: Scaling-Up Sweetpotato Through Agriculture and Nutrition (SUSTAIN) in Rwanda
At the time of the project phase out of field activities in June 2017, we had reached 103,529 direct household beneficiaries. At the same time our collaborating partners reached 20,236 indirect household (HHs) beneficiaries. During the threeyear project, we set up 39 Decentralized Vine Multipliers (DVMs) (46% male, 54% female) …
Read More »EMPOWERING WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
Women are central to agriculture and make a strong contribution to food security and nutrition at both the household and community levels. In many developing countries, they make up almost half of the agricultural labor force, but their production is limited by barriers to finance, inputs, and extension services, as …
Read More »Farmers in northern Rwanda launch the agricultural season with sweetpotato farming
It is planting season again! Rainfall is here and farmers across Rwanda are on their toes to catch up with the time to plant. It is the perfect time for planting Sweetpotato. As is the mandate, International Potato Center (CIP) and its implementing partners kick off this year’s agricultural …
Read More »Poster: Progress in breeding in Rwanda: Incorporating Feedback from Farmers
Sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] is an important food crop in many parts of Africa, especially in Sub Saharan countries. In Rwanda, it is cultivated throughout the country and is especially important in densely populated areas of the plateau central (mid altitude), and Bugesera(low altitude) Ndirigwe, 2006; Njeruetal, 2008). Although …
Read More »Rwanda’s Paramilitary Activities to Boost Socio-economic Standards through the Army Week Concept
Kigali, 4 July 2017 Rwandans across the country and in the Diaspora celebrated the 23rd anniversary of the Liberation Day, remembering the time when the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi was stopped by the Rwanda Patriotic Army [Now Rwanda Defense Forces] and citizens embarked on a long journey to …
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