IMBARAGA FARMERS ORGANISATION

SUSTAIN-RW Project

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Sustainable Agriculture and Irrigation for Food Security in Rwanda (SUSTAIN-RW ) Project

IMBARAGA in partnership with MLFM are implementing “Sustainable Agriculture and Irrigation for Food Security in Rwanda (SUSTAIN-RW), project which is being implemented in Gicumbi district, Giti sector, Murehe cell.

SUSTAIN-RW project aimed to improve hilly agriculture and reduce erosion through the creation of terraces and the creation of a high-altitude irrigation system, as well as through specific training on sustainable agriculture and water harvesting techniques.

Sustainable Agriculture and Irrigation for Food Security in Rwanda (SUSTAIN-RW) project aims to improve food security by increasing productivity through sustainable and irrigated agriculture.

Projet Gestion des exploitations agricoles(GEA )

Tharcisse MUNYANEZA — 2026-03-23T12:50:25Z

PROJET GEA/AFDI

Le projet «GEA: Gestion des exploitations agricoles»est financé par les agriculteurs français et développement international (AFDI), et il est mise en oeuvre par l'organisation des agriculteurset éleveurs du Rwanda (IMBARAGA).
L' objectif du projet est d'impliquer les agriculteurs membres d'Imbaraga dans la démarche de gestion des éxploitations agricoles, par enregistrement des dépenses et recettes
Le projet est opérationnel dans 10 districts et 11 zones a savoir; Nyabihu, Rubavu, Musanze, Gakenke, Bugesera, Nyagatare, Nyanza A et B, Kamonyi, Muhanga et Ruhango. Le projet dispose du coordinateur, 1 technicien dans chaque zone et 2 a 3 animateurs dans chaque zone.
Certainesactivites du projet:
 Organiser les formations a tous les echélons sur la gestion des fermes
 Organiser les voyages d'études internes et en France
 Installation des champ sécoles pour chaque zone et animation de la formation continues
 Distribuer, collecter, corriger, synthétiser et restituer les outils de gestion remplis par les agriculteurs.
Champ école de manioc de Nyanza

THRIVE Project

Tharcisse MUNYANEZA — 2026-03-23T12:50:22Z

BACKGROUND

Plan International was from time to date contributing in supporting for development and humanitarian organization that advances children's rights and equality for girls. Some of the districts making the coverage area of Plan International organization are Nyaruguru, Gatsibo, and Bugesera Districts.
IMBARAGA Farmers Organizations in Rwanda as a local NGO was also contributing to country development especially in the agriculture sector where its different interventions focus on supporting farmers to increase agriculture productivity, Environment protections, Robby, and advocacy.

The socio-economic transformation in Rwanda is a domain mainly shaped by the Government but in partnership with different actors including private partners and non-government organizations as well as local and international NGOs.
The integrated Household Living Conditions Survey ECV1, EICV2, EICV3, EICV4, and EICV5 showed tremendous progress and change in socio-economic conditions at the household level in Rwanda.

This EICV is conducted every five years to provides information on changes in the well-being of the population such as poverty, inequality, employment, living conditions, education, health and housing conditions, household consumption, among others.

It's from this report, the Government institutions and other actors involved in-country development, international and local non-government organizations included refer by setting the list of priorities to support the government in speeding up the country development through empowering the community to deliver towards the politics and vision set by the country.

Through this partnership in development Plan International and IMBARAGA Farmers organizations were serving the Country from the time by joining efforts with other actors to make sure that different goals set by the country in terms of socio-economic development are achieved.

In November 2020, IMBARAGA Farmers Organization entered into a partnership with PLAN International under agreement number/Agriculture 006/PU, PA/2020-SPADS, to implement a pilot phase of the project entitled “Transforming Households Resilience in Vulnerable Environment(THRIVE)”. This pilot phase covers the period of time running from November 2020 to June 2021.

THRIVE project fits in the PLAN framework of community economic empowerment interventions. It aims at supporting farmers to improve the well-being conditions in fighting hunger and malnutrition at the household level through Nutrition sensitive agriculture (NSA), strengthened agricultural extension and advisory services (AEAS), and promotion of Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILC).

The project is implemented in three districts: Bugesera and Gatsibo of Eastern Province and Nyaruguru of Southern Province of Rwanda. The number of beneficiaries is 600 sponsored children's families, i.e 200 households in each district. The implementation is led by the project field officers working hand in hand with trained community-based volunteers who day to day provide farming advisory services, farm-level hands-on training, and coaching. The project implementation involves other stakeholders including the local leaders and partners in development working in the same area to ensure synergy and complementarities.

Up today, the contribution of the agriculture sector to the National budget and general lifestyle at the household level in Rwanda is very high, but we still have as a country a task of continuing to increase the productivity per hectare, to create a sounding link between agriculture and Nutrition by promoting nutrition-sensitive agriculture at the village and household level and thinking to some following cases cause of failure and unexpected challenges at household's beneficiaries of plan International in Nyaruguru, Bugesera, and Gatsibo.
• Case of vulnerable households which are not able to reach the speed of development because of having a very small land for agriculture
• Case of households having under five years' children affected by malnutrition because of poor knowledge in cooking/Diet preparation at the household level
• Case of farmers/Households having low productivity because lacking vibrant support of agriculture extension workers on the village and cell level to support in terms of hands-on training; coaching, …
• Case of farmers/Households with poor agriculture productivity because of insufficient financial means to buy some important agriculture inputs and equipment (seeds of improved verities, fertilizers, lime, watering cans, small scale irrigation kits…

Due to the above-mentioned cases, some farmers/household beneficiaries of plan International are the ones affected and we propose as actors in the Agriculture sector to carry out the following main activities to make sure that the ordinary package of PLAN International is at the household level supplemented.

1.To conduct a short and quick baseline survey by assessing the household living situation across all beneficiaries of Plan International In Nyaruguru, Busgesera, and Gatsibo: The findings from this survey will help to know what the project will do as a priority by supporting these households to leave the critical situation to well-being conditions.
2.To facilitate the establishment of 5 farmer field schools (FFS) to facilitate extension services on bio-intensive gardening (BIG) combined with Nutrition sensitive Agriculture (NSA) for 200 sponsored children's families in all Districts.
3.Strengthen the capacity of the existing community extension agents (agriculture promoters) in selected communities)
3. Provide hands-on training including developing farmer-friendly training manuals on Good agriculture practices (GAP) to 200 farmers identified among sponsored children's families through the establishment of demonstration and learning sites (FFS).
4.Support selected families with specific farm agricultural inputs (seeds, organic/Non Organic fertilizers, Agriculture lime where applicable, pesticides, basic farm equipment (watering cans, household-based small scale water collection tank, and small livestock.

SUMMARY OF METHODOLOGIES PHOTO

The effective implementation of this chart of approaches/ methodology will use the existing structures of TwigireMuhinzi& FFS Facilitators and Community Health workers.

Project Activities

ACTIVITY NO 1:

ESTABLISHMENT OF 6 FARMER FIELD SCHOOLS (FFS) TO FACILITATE EXTENSION SERVICES ON BIO INTENSIVE GARDENING (BIG) COMBINED WITH NUTRITION-SENSITIVE AGRICULTURE (NSA), FOR 200 SPONSORED CHILDREN'S FAMILIES IN BUGESERA, GATSIBO, AND NYARUGURU

General objective: Promotion of farmer field schools for facilitation of other extension works at the village and household level.
Sub-objectives/Specific objectives:

– To facilitate bio-intensive gardening establishment at the cell, village, and household level through the establishment of 4 FFs per sector level
– To integrate nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) within bio-intensive gardens
– To reach 200 household beneficiaries with under 5 years' children by support in terms of promoting Nutrition sensitive agriculture within bio-intensive gardening at the village and household level.

Note: FFS facilitators and community health workers will stay monitoring and evaluating the day-to-day management of these FFs, intensive bio gardens, and Nutrition sensitive home gardens. The project field officer in collaboration with FFs facilitators will stay coaching the teams of housed beneficiaries ensuring that they are respecting the protocol of Bio intensive gardens, home gardens …

• The District is coordinated by one District project field officer working under IMBARAGA Farmer's organization,
• Number of FFs facilitators per one District: 8 FFs facilitators. This means 24 FFs facilitators across 3 Districts making the coverage area of this project.
• For each District, the project will be being implemented on the village level by farmer promoters and community health workers all coaching the total number of the household beneficiaries of this project. It means 24 Community-based volunteers (Including 12 farmer promoters and 12 community health workers).

For the summary, the whole project will be being implemented by the following total number of human resources (from both local administration and IMBARAGA)

ACTIVITY 2.

STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF THE EXISTING COMMUNITY EXTENSION AGENTS (AGRICULTURE PROMOTERS) IN SELECTED COMMUNITIES

As this one-year project will be implemented in partnership with existing different structures of community-based volunteers (Agriculture promoters/Farmer promoters and Community Health workers), the IMBARAGA farmers organization will need to capacitate them in terms of technics/approaches needed for the implementation of this project.

II.1. The main objective of this activity:

Capacity building of existing structures of community-based volunteers ready to work with the project.
II.1.1. Specific objectives:

1.To train household beneficiaries on the following topics:
a. Good agriculture practices needed to be applied for the promotion of nutrition-sensitive agriculture and intensive bio-gardening, cooking demonstrations at villages level
2.To promote hands-on training in the agriculture and nutrition sector at the community level.
II.2 Expected outputs:

II.2.1. Agriculture productivity increased at beneficiary's/household level.
II.2.2. Increased number of cooking demonstrations done at village level.
II.3. Increased number of extension workers capacitated and ready to support farmers at the community level.

II.3. Expected outcome on this activity:

– Household income increased at Household level /For families of project beneficiaries and surrounding community.
– Decreased number of children under five years affected by malnutrition on a selected community level.

ACTIVITY NUMBER 3:

Provide hands-on training including developing farmer-friendly training manuals on Good Agricultural practices (GAP) to 200 farmers identified among sponsored children's families through the establishment of demonstration and learning sites(FFS).

The general objective of this activity: Inclusive hands-on training of 600 HHDs/beneficiaries on different nutrition-sensitive agriculture topics:
Specific objectives:
1). Installation of 36 FFs/farmer field schools through hand-on training in 3 districts making the coverage area of this project.
2). Installation of 72 bio-intensive gardenings within 36 villages making the coverage area of this project (For all 3 Districts). One of OFSP and another of HIB for each cell.
3) Installation of nutrition-sensitive home gardens at 600 households within 3 Districts making the coverage area the project.

Expected outputs:

• Increased number of farmers in the household beneficiary of this project coached on the ways of establishing productive nutrition-sensitive home gardens, bio-intensive gardening, and FFS.
• Increased productivity for High iron beans and Orange fresh sweet potatoes at the farmers of the household beneficiary
• Increased generated income for the household beneficiaries of the project.
• Increased quantity of OFSP planting material available on a community level
• Increased quantity of HIB for seeds and consumption purposes on the community level.
• The number of starving families is decreased in the communities

Expected outcomes:

– The nutrition status of the household's beneficiary is adjusted.
– A highly decreased number of under 5 years' children affected by malnutrition
– Stable economy at the household beneficiary level.
– The surrounding community in the coverage area of the project will have the profit from technical assistance from coached farmers and extension workers.
– The available bio-intensive gardening on the community level will be the additional source of planting material for the beneficiary and non-beneficiary households.

ACTIVITY No 4:

SUPPORT SELECTED FAMILIES WITH SPECIFIC FARM AGRICULTURAL INPUTS (SEEDS, ORGANIC AND NON-ORGANIC FERTILIZERS. AGRICULTURE LIME IN NYARUGURU, PESTICIDES, BASIC FARM EQUIPMENTS: WATERING CANS, HOES, SMALL, LOCAL MADE HOUSEHOLD WATER COLLECTION TANK, SPRAYERS AND SMALL LIVESTOCKS.

The general objective of this activity:

– To support households' beneficiaries in terms of inputs, equipment, and other basic needs for a small farmer who wants to boost the production at the farm level.
This part of the supply will support all household beneficiaries to implement safely all identified sub-activities in the previous pages. Let's highlight the number/quantity of supply expected to be done in this activity/project.

ACTIVITY 5: CONDUCT A BASELINE SURVEY FOR TARGETED HOUSEHOLDS.

The Baseline Survey is an early element in the monitoring and evaluation plan and uses the log frame structure to systematically assess the circumstances in which the project commences. It provides the basis for subsequent assessment of how efficiently the activity is being implemented and the eventual results achieved.
The results of this baseline will help to shape the main areas for this project by providing information on what we should focus on more or less and will be a benchmark for measuring the success or failure of this project. This baseline survey will allow getting some quantitative and qualitative data for the project.

For this case of a project, this is a guided baseline, it will be carried out by shaping the ways of helping the PLAN international to integrate the support to the targeted households as a response to achieve an integrated socio-economic development at the household and community level. This oriented and guided baseline survey will normally save costs and will increase confidence in the baseline results.

Scaling-up rural youth access to inclusive financial services for entrepreneurship and employment project.

Imbaraga Farmers Organisation — 2026-03-23T12:50:08Z

Implementers: IMBARAGA and The Eastern African Farmers' Federation (EAFF)are co-implementing a three-year project (2018-2020) entitled “the project scaling up rural youth access to inclusive financial services for entrepreneurship and employment which runs from Nov 2017 – Nov 2020.
Donor: IFAD.

Imbaraga is the implementer at National level.

Main Goal of the project

The Project aims to is to contribute to ending extreme poverty and hunger in the East and Southern Africa region. It aims to do this by creating favorable conditions for strengthening the capacities of rural youth in four ESA (Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi) countries that allow them to set-up and run profitable agri-enterprises that lead to wealth and employment creation.

Achievement

So far, the project has reached 1,201 young farmers which 581 were female (48.3%) and 620were males (51.6%).

85 youth group enterprises trained on Agribusiness Planning. All have been linked in one way or the other to financial service providers through calls for proposals, meeting with financial institutions and donors, financial linkages done by consultants, one on one coaching for pitching to financial institutions done by AAA and youth fund using social media platforms.

There are at least 16 enterprises that have been successfully linked to financing these are from different sources like Sacco's, youth fund, bank, donors, and investors.

7 enterprises have received trainings from other people like AGRA, AMI and BDF other than on various topics like contract farming, business development, etc.
11 entrepreneurial stories have been documented

Inclusive Engagement for Change Project- IE4C

Tharcisse MUNYANEZA — 2019-01-16T09:44:46Z

Goal
Promoting more sustainable agricultural and food security in Rwanda

Objectives
This project helps promote sustainable agricultural and food security in Rwanda through ensuring participatory, transparent and accountable district planning and budgeting

Area of Intervention
Huye District

Funded by Alert International, IE4C Project supports farmers' participation and engagement in the agricultural planning and budgeting process, we hope to ensure more ownership over agricultural development programmes in the country.

We are also empowering local civil society organisations and farmers' cooperatives to more effectively influence the implementation of agricultural and food security policies at the local government level.

In addition, we are supporting young people in rural communities to understand how decisions in agricultural policy are made, and to equip them with the skills required to play a bigger role in determining the political and economic future of their country.

Time frame
This is a three-year project, which began in January 2016.

Feed the Future Rwanda Hinga Weze Activity

Tharcisse MUNYANEZA — 2018-12-06T11:16:27Z

Overview:

The Feed the Future Rwanda Hinga Weze Activity is a five-year, $32.6 million USAID-funded project that aims to sustainably increase smallholder farmers' income, improve the nutritional status of women and children, and increase the resilience of Rwanda's agricultural and food systems to a changing climate.

Hinga Weze implements holistic interventions that target the interrelated issues of undernutrition, food insecurity and barriers to agricultural productivity by focusing on the sustainable intensification of Rwandan smallholder farming systems, with an emphasis on climate-smart, nutrition-sensitive approaches.

Hinga Weze is utilizing innovative approaches to enhance the production of five value chains: high-iron beans, orange flesh sweet potato (OFSP), Irish potato, maize, and horticulture. By 2022, the project will have benefited over 700,000 smallholder farmers in ten target districts: Gatsibo, Kayonza, Bugesera, Ngoma (Eastern Province); Nyabihu, Rutsiro, Ngororero, Nyamasheke, and Karongi (Western Province); and Nyamagabe (Southern Province).

Program Approach

The Hinga Weze consortium includes a diverse group of both international and local Rwandan partner organizations, including Plan International, HarvestPlus, Souktel, Rwanda Development Organization (RDO) and the Imbaraga Farmers' Organization.

Imbaraga Farmers' Organization do implement Hinga Weze in Nyabihu, Rutsiro, Ngororero, Nyamasheke, and Karongi (Western Province); and Nyamagabe (Southern Province).

The project will achieve results by promoting household and community-level behavior changes through cost-effective interventions and a systems approach that prioritizes collaboration with stakeholders from the government, private and civil society sectors.

1. Increasing agricultural productivity

Increases in agricultural production can lead to improved household consumption and dietary diversity that is critical to reducing undernutrition in Rwanda. Hinga Weze is focusing on interventions that support an integrated systems approach to agriculture productivity that follows the principles of sustainable land and water use, with particular attention to climate-smart technologies of relevance to Rwanda. This approach will contribute to the resilience of farming systems by improving water management, preventing soil erosion, and maximizing the effectiveness of input use through integrated soil fertility management.

2. Expanding farmers' access to markets

Access to markets is a key incentive for increasing productivity and provides additional avenues for farmers to boost their incomes. In order to enhance farmers' competitiveness and expand access to markets, Hinga Weze is aiming to increase farmers' access to post-harvest equipment and facilities, market information, and credit and financial services.

3. Improving nutritional outcome of agriculture interventions

Increasing dietary diversity and ensuring the production of hygienic and safe foods is critical to addressing challenges with undernutrition and food security in Rwanda. Hinga Weze is focusing on strengthening the link between agriculture and nutrition activities, and ensures that activities have a distinct focus, aimed at improving the nutritional status in target communities and families. The nutrition component is reliant upon the other two approaches of increasing agricultural productivity and expanding access to markets in order to ensure the availability and accessibility of nutrient-rich food to increase dietary diversity.

e-Granary Project

Tharcisse MUNYANEZA — 2018-11-29T12:21:49Z

Project Name

e-Granary - uplifting smallholder farmers by access to markets and credit

Project Goal

To improve the income and living standards of participating e-Granary smallholder farmers in Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda.

Project Objectives

Focusing on increasing productivity and profitability of participating e-Granary farmers.

Theory of Change

The theory of change of the programme is based on a fundamental premise that a market-driven approach coupled with bulking of produce and input requests are needed to help small holder farmers sustainably increase their income and improve their live hood. This is operationalized through the central role that EAFF and its membership at regional level plays in aggregating farmers into membership based organizations and the innovative use of digital platforms that will enable smallholders benefiting access to stable markets, accessing credit and productivity enhancement.

Project Outcomes

• E-Granary platform set up - and working with 90,000 new smallholder farmers registered onto the e-Granary
• Increase market access – 72,600 MT of product worth > 24 M USD sold on the market by small holder farmers
• Increase access to finance services – 26,900 smallholder farmers are receiving credit on their mobile phones
• Increased access to extension services – 8,300 smallholder farmers access agriculture extension services vi mobile phones
• Enhanced capacity of farmers on structured trade and financial literacy – 12800 smallholder farmers directly trained
• Increased public awareness and knowledge on the success of e-Granary – 30 Knowledge products developed and disseminated.

Grant Target Countries, Groups and Number of Beneficiaries

The target group will be smallholder farmers who are members of national organizations belonging to EAFF in Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Targeted number of farmers of e-Granary are:

• 50,000 in Uganda (50% women), of which 50% from 10 Districts Farmers Associations (DFAs) affiliated to Uganda National Farmers Federation (UNFFE) and 50% from 60 Area Cooperative Enterprises (ACEs) affiliated to Uganda Cooperative Alliance (UAC)
• 20,000 in Rwanda (50% women) distributed among rice, maize and beans value chains of which 10,000 are from National Confederation of Cooperatives of Rwanda (NCCR) affiliated farmers organizations and 10,000 from IMBARAGA members
• 20,000 in Tanzania (50% women) of which 15,000 from farmers organizations affiliated to Tanzania Federation of Cooperatives (TFC) and 5,000 from FOs affiliated to MVIWATA (Mtandao wa Vikundi vya Wakulima Tanzania).

Project Duration

The project will run for 36 months

Project Activities

Component 1 – Access to Services

1. E-Granary platform set up – 90,000 smallholder farmers registered onto the e-Granary

o Registration campaign strategy developed and validated
o Country registration campaign teams formed; trained and dispatched
o Campaign and visibility materials developed and deployed in different languages
o Campaign platforms e.g: media engaged
o Set up of e-Granary: Acquisition of country licenses for e-Granary operations in the 3 countries; Customization of e-Granary to specific needs/circumstances of targeted farmers (including languages) and country
o Set up and operationalize the call centers

2. Increased market access 85,050 MT of product worth > 28M USD sold on the market by smallholder farmers

o Pilot market linkage model
o Roll out after “proof of concept”
o Map out and profile the relevant off-takers
o Organize business to business meetings with off takers to seek partnership
o Map out and profile farmers aggregation centers
o 25 supply contracts signed annually
o Seasonal harvest posted on e-Granary continuously

3. Increased access to finance services – 31,500 smallholder farmers received credits on their mobile phones

o Piloting of the credit model
o Roll out after “proof of concept”
o Develop and validate strategy to promote, increase and retain credit product uptake
o Development of promotion material for the credit product to farmers
o Farmers registered to e-Granary actively accessing credit annually and borrowing in subsequent years.

4. Increased access to extension services – 10,000 smallholder farmers access agriculture extension services via mobile phones

o Piloting of the extension modal
o Roll out after “proof of concept”
o Develop and validate strategy to promote, increase and e-extension product to farmers.
o Farmers registered on e-Granary actively accessing e-extension through the season.

Component 2 – Capacity Building and Knowledge Management

1. Enhanced capacity of farmers on structured trade and financial literacy

o Development of curriculum and training material for structured trade
o Development of curriculum and training materials for financial literacy
o Establish an agronomy support system for the e-extension.
o Training of Trainers (ToT), Training of Farmer Leaders, Managers and Representatives of target organizations (regional, national)
o Cascade training for smallholder farmers at the sub-national level
o Run two radio episodes per year on structured trade in 3 major radio stations in the target countries.

2. Increased public awareness and knowledge on the success of e-Granary

o Project fliers; pamphlets developed and disseminated.
o Knowledge management and learning events held internally for EAFF at national and regional level once a year
o Project steering committee held yearly
o Procurement of k-Macho software for M&E made every season
o Joint management between EAFF, MODE, Technology Advisor and any other additional partner every week
o Exchange learning visit made once a year to commodity exchange / off takers / between Fos.
o Project documentary development
o Project results and impacts posted online (including social media) and on mainstream media

IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS

HUGUKA DUKORE AKAZI KANOZE Project

Tharcisse MUNYANEZA — 2018-08-16T14:25:48Z

USAID/EDC HUGUKA DUKORE AKAZI KANOZE Project

Project Mission :
Preparing Rwandan Youth With Improved Employability Skills To Engage In The Nation's Economic Growth Through Employment And Self-employment

USAID Huguka Dukore Scope of Work

• Program Areas: Employment and Self-Employment Preparation; Work Readiness; Family Planning and Reproductive Health; Social Inclusion; Youth Service Delivery Systems
• Youth Enrollment & Geographic Scope: 40,000 Youth across at least 19 Districts
• 5-year USAID CoAg: December 2016 – December 2021
• Consortium: EDC, AKA, Connexus, CRS, SoukTel, TIG
• 30 Local Implementing Partners (IPs)
• Government Counterparts: MINEDUC, WDA, NEP, MINIYOUTH, MINAGRI and others

Project Purpose

Increased Stable Employment for Vulnerable Youth
Through : Improved employ-ability skills for vulnerable male and female youth ;
Increased viable self-employment among vulnerable male and female youth and Higher quality, more coordinated workforce development service delivery system.

Huguka Dukore Training Packages

 Work Ready Now! Training (8 modules, 100- 120 hours soft skills)
 Be Your Own Boss – entrepreneurship training (35 hours)
 Technical Skills Trainings (3-6 months) – based on labor market demand
 Work Based Learning and Internship
 Job Placement and/or Business Start-Up

ACHIEVEMENTS TILL 02 AUGUST 2018 AND FOCUSED PHOTOS

 Work Ready Now! Training (8 modules, 100- 120 hours soft skills): 995 Youths trained out of 1025 targeted
 Be Your Own Boss – entrepreneurship training (35 hours): 301 Youths trained
 Technical Skills Trainings (3-6 months) – based on labor market demand: 916 youths trained
 Work Based Learning and Internship : 170 youths
 Job Placement and/or Business Started(wage and self employment): 824 youths placed in jobs
 Start -up capital already distributed to youth: Rwf 6,302,000

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Projet Energie Verte et Elevage phase 2 (EVE II)

admin — 2018-07-13T18:37:36Z

Résumé du projet EVE II (2017-2021)

L'intervention constitue la 2ème phase du projet Energie Verte et Elevage (EVE). Elle durera 5 ans et sera réalisée dans 3 districts de la Province Sud du Rwanda (districts Huye, Nyanza et Nyamagabe). Le projet est finance par Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (VSF) et sera exécuté en partenariat avec des partenaires du Sud (IMBARAGA, ARDI et SDA Iriba, SACCO) et en synergie / complémentarité avec des partenaires du Nord dont Croix Rouge de Belgique. Les institutions nationales (autorités locales, RAB, RCVD, MINAGRI et institutions universitaires) seront aussi des parties prenantes déterminantes. Ce projet vise à améliorer durablement les conditions de vie des familles rurales par (i) l'amélioration de la santé animale de proximité pour optimiser la production animale chez environ 15.000 fermiers ruraux qui seront servis par 15 vétérinaires privés renforcés; (ii) l'accompagnement de 43 groupements (environ
1.075 ménages dont au moins 60% des femmes) pour développer des AGR; (iii) le renforcement de la résilience de 800 ménages vulnérables à travers une approche holistique centrée sur le petit élevage et l'intégration agriculture / élevage ; (iv) la promotion de l'énergie renouvelable par l'installation et utilisation de 450 biodigesteurs familiaux et 1000 panneaux solaires et (v) le renforcement des capacités des organisations paysannes partenaires pour assurer un accompagnement efficace et la pérennité des acquis de l'intervention. Au total
18.325 ménages composés d'environ 78.797 membres seront visés par l'intervention.
Principales activités du projet EVE II (2017-2021):

Résultat 1: La santé animale est améliorée dans la zone d'intervention grâce aux services de santé animale de proximité
R1.1- Renforcer les capacités techniques et managériales des techniciens vétérinaires privés de proximité,
R1.2- Renforcer les capacités matérielles et financières des acteurs du réseau de santé animale de proximité,
R1.3- Appuyer l'organisation des concertations entre acteurs publics et privés en matière de santé animale,
R1.4- Renforcer les capacités du Rwanda Council of Veterinary Doctors (RCVD).

Résultat 2 : Les ménages développent des AGR grâce à un meilleur accès au micro-crédit
R2.1- Renforcer la structuration des groupements de fermiers bénéficiaires,
R2.2- Renforcer les capacités techniques et managériales des membres des groupements,
R2.3- Faciliter l'accès aux crédits pour les groupements qui développent des AGR,
R2.4- Accompagner les groupements après la mise en place des AGR.

Résultat 3 : La résilience des ménages vulnérables est renforcée à travers une approche holistique
R3.1- Identifier et appuyer la structuration et le fonctionnement des chaînes de solidarité,
R3.2- Renforcer les capacités et sensibiliser les bénéficiaires (formation technique, nutrition, environnement, genre...),
R3.3- Recheptelliser les ménages et apporter le package complémentaire,
R3.4- Assurer un accompagnement continu des bénéficiaires.

Résultat 4 : L'accès à l'énergie renouvelable est facilité pour les agro-éleveurs
R4.1- Sensibiliser les fermiers à l'installation et l'utilisation de biodigesteurs, de fours améliorés, de panneaux solaires,
R4.2- Faciliter l'accès au crédit et mettre en place un mode de financement des installations,
R4.3- Suivre la construction puis former les bénéficiaires et les acteurs locaux à la maintenance des installations.

Résultat 5 : Les capacités des partenaires locaux sont renforcées pour la durabilité des changements sociétaux et pour leur autonomisation
R5.1- Renforcer les capacités managériales et techniques des partenaires locaux (ressources humaines),
R5.2- Renforcer les capacités matérielles et financières des partenaires locaux,
R5.3- Produire des documents de capitalisation basée sur les expériences acquises.

Leçons apprises

Vu que le projet a eu son début à la 2ème moitié de l'année 2017, il est encore tôt de parler de leçons apprises et d'ailleurs aussi des effets et impacts sauf pour quelques biodigesteurs ayant été construits au début de l'année 2017. Par contre le projet EVE II tient compte des leçons apprises durant la phase I (2014-2016). Les leçons d'EVE II seront capitalisées au cours de l'évolution du projet.
Perspectives
Le projet EVE II est un projet quinquennal et donc qui est donc qui devra s'exécuter de 2017 à 2021. Ainsi le projet a son plan stratégique d'exécution dont les approches stratégiques seront adaptées en fonction de l'évolution du contexte de son exécution.

FEED THE FUTURE-Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato Project

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Overview of the Feed the Future Rwanda Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) for Income and Nutrition

Under USAID Funding through International Potato Center (CIP-RWANDA), IMBARAGA Farmers Organization is implementing the Feed the Future Rwanda Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato(OFSP) for Income and Nutrition project in RUBAVU District. The project promotes the production and consumption of Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato in Four administrative Sectors as IMBARAGA's Feed the Future (FTF) zones of influence in RUBAVU District. The four administrative sectors are: CYANZARWE, NYUNDO, RUBAVU and RUGERERO. The project contributes to FTF objectives of inclusive agricultural sector growth and improved nutritional status, especially of women and children. The project supports the ongoing work of the International Potato Center (CIP) on the production and distribution of OFSP for improved income and nutrition. The duration of the project is three years, and started in September 2015.

Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato has been shown to be highly effective for reducing Vitamin A deficiencies in children and to improve overall household nutrition and livelihoods when promoted through integrated agriculture-nutrition interventions.

Goals and results
The goal of the OFSP project is to increase the production and consumption of orange-fleshed sweetpotato to enhance incomes of smallholder farmers and improve the nutritional status of women and children under five.
As a result of the implementation of this project, 20,000 households in RUBAVU districts will grow and consume OFSP; and over 20,000 children under five will have a minimum acceptable diet.
In support of these overall goals, the project will pursue three specific objectives that will deliver the following results:
Objective 1: Increased productivity and production of OFSP among smallholder farmers
Results:
1.1 At least six nutritious and productive OFSP varieties available for dissemination to farmers.
1.2 Viable and gender equitable value chains established that support access to quality planting materials of these varieties for at least 20,000 smallholder households.
1.3 These households will grow OFSP varieties using good agronomic practices, resulting in an increase of OFSP growing areas
1.4 Capacity of more than 6 vine (‘seed') multipliers improved to conserve, multiply, and market vines.
1.5 Robust MEL system developed and utilized to track key production indicators

Objective 2: Improved incomes from OFSP along the value chain
Results:
2.1 Availability, visibility, quality and food safety of OFSP roots improved in at least one major fresh food market in the district, through better post-harvest handling, trading, and retailing practices.
2.2 Consumer demand increased through public awareness campaigns.
2.3 Additional demand created through technical support to food processors to include OFSP as a main ingredient in products.
2.4 Robust market MEL system developed and utilized, linked to existing market information system.

Objective 3: Improved nutrition outcomes for women and children under five
Results:
3.1 OFSP and vitamin A material integrated into nutrition messaging and counseling that reaches at least 20,000 households through community groups supported by at least 24 trained Community Health Workers and agricultural promoters.
3.2 Improved utilization of OFSP among 20,000 households with at least 20,000 children under five; supported through demonstrations of safe and nutritious food preparation and storage including options for OFSP utilization as a complementary baby food.
3.3 Robust MEL system, developed utilized to track key agreed indicators in nutrition and behavior change.