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Co-funded by the European Union
Co-funded by the European Union
Location
Central African Republic
Topic
Green Economy
Beneficiary
Rwanda Forestry Authority (RFA) and Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS)
Status
Completed
Year
2022-2023
The Rwandan agriculture sector employs 80 percent of working people and occupies about 77 percent of the country area. The sector is dominated by rainfed subsistence farming, characterized by low productivity and low use of inputs and technologies (e.g. fertilizer, improved seeds, mechanization, etc.) and provides 90 percent of national food needs.
Over-cultivation and exploitation of natural resources along with poor farming practices have led to extended land degradation, soil erosion, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, poor performance of crops and yield, watershed imbalance and landslides. Production of energy to meet the demands of an increasing population needs to be considered alongside the production of food.
The technical assistance developed a technical study of agroforestry value chains, using public private dialogue mechanisms.
The objective of the intervention was to identify and develop promising value chains for smallholders involved in Agroforestry in Rwanda. It included a gender gap analysis and gender strategy. The study is aligned with the “Rwanda Agroforestry Strategy (2018-2027)”.
The project is expected to contribute to economic development and ecosystem restoration, as well as climate change mitigation through CO2 sequestration.
It supports targeted interventions through local or international experts that can be deployed for up to 90 expert days over the course of a year.
It supports targeted interventions through local or international experts that can be deployed for up to 90 expert days over the course of a year.
It supports targeted interventions through local or international experts that can be deployed for up to 90 expert days over the course of a year.