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Call for Applicants: Consortia partner for the implementation of Agricultural Empowerment Program for Young Women in Rwanda.

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Introduction: SNV Netherlands Development Organization is seeking proposals from qualified Africanorganizations to implement a comprehensive five-year program aimed at creating job opportunities foryoung women in agriculture within four districts of Rwanda. Background: SNV is committed to supporting the creation of 40,000 dignified and fulfilling workopportunities, primarily for young women, in agriculture across ten districts of […]

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Solar-powered irrigation and improved cooking stoves for communities in the Bugesera District

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This is for APEFA’S area of Intervention on Soil Conservation and Landscape restoration: Integrated water a management, Sustainable Agriculture; Climate change adaptation and mitigation Solar Powered Irrigation For Communities In The Bugesera District  

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RWANDA Employment and Jobs Study-Poverty Global Practice Africa Region

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Fast growth in Rwanda since the turn of the century has been accompanied by solid poverty reduction. Between 2000 and 2013, GDP grew at eight percent per year, resulting in a 170 percent increase in real GDP. Factoring in population growth, GDP per capita almost doubled. Growth was accompanied by solid poverty reduction, from 59

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Rural youth employment and agri–food systems in Rwanda

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This rapid context analysis has been developed in the inception stage of the third phase of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Integrated Country Approach programme (ICA programme) for boosting decent jobs for youth in the agri-food system.  The ICA programme supports countries in adopting and implementing youth–inclusive and employment-centred agri-food

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Community-Led Value Chain Development For Gender Justice and Pro-poor wealth Creation: A case from Rwanda

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This case study covers the work of Bureau d’Appui aux Initiatives Rurales (BAIR) in Rwanda. Behaviour change for improved livelihood: Vestine now a champion in the Iris potatoes value chain had given up hope of living a life free from poverty and suffering. Today, 39 year old, and mother of 4 children, is proud of

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Gender and Youth Mainstreaming Strategy Final Report

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This new Agriculture and Youth Gender Mainstreaming Strategy, serves to support the implementation of PSTA4, the 2018 National Agricultural Policy (NAP) and other sector programmes to take account of gender equality and youth considerations. The aim of this strategy is to help the Agriculture Sector as a whole to ensure that PSTA4 programmes are inclusive

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PLAN STRATEGIQUE POUR LA TRANSFORMATION AGRICOLE 2018-24

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Le secteur agricole est le moteur du dévelopment économique du Rwanda pour passer des pays à faibles revenus à ceux d’économie à revenus intermédiaires fondée sur la connaissance. Ce secteur demeure l’épine dorsale d’une croîssance économique soutenue et d’amélioration des moyens de subsistance des citoyens. Le secteur agricole constitue un tiers de l’économie nationale, représente

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National Agriculture Policy

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The vision of the National Agricultural Policy is for Rwanda to become “a nation that enjoys food security, nutritional health and sustainable agricultural growth from a productive, green and market-led agricultural sector.” The mission is to ensure food and nutrition security, modern agribusiness technologies professionalizing farmers in terms of production, commercialisation of the outputs and

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