Improving productivity through the promotion of bio-fortified crops for smallholder farmers in the Rubavu and Rutsiro districts (HINGA UKIRE)

About this project

<p>The overall objective of the call for proposal is to ¿<strong>improve agricultural productivity by promoting biofortified crops among smallholder farmers</strong>.¿ The project proposes to achieve this by ¿improving agricultural productivity through promoting bio-fortified crops among smallholder farmers¿ in Rwanda (Rubavu and Rutsiro districts). In fact, before the World Economic Forum for Africa held in Cape Town - South Africa- in 2015, the African Development Bank analyzed ¿Transforming Africa¿s Agriculture to Improve Competitiveness.¿ Therefore, eight priorities, including Rwanda, were identified to raise farm productivity and boost Africa¿s growth. Among them, five are relevant to the objective of the call for proposal. Those appropriate priorities are the development of high¿yielding crops, the increased use of fertilizers, the improvement of market access, regulations, and governance; the land ownership reform with productivity and inclusiveness in mind; and the step¿up integration into agriculture value chains</p>

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 2Zero Hunger
• 5Gender Equality
• 12Responsible Consumption and Production
• 13Climate Action
• 14Life Below Water
• 15Life on Land

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Rwanda

Sectors

Food crop productionFishery development

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesGood governance · Also contributesBiodiversity · Also contributesDisaster risk reduction · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributesDesertification · Also contributesNutrition · Also contributes

Places

RW - Rutsiro

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2023-PC-32538.

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