News
04 October 2017
Access to reliable and affordable energy is fundamental in achieving economic development, and poverty reduction. It is also a vital input that underpins food security by enabling the various processes that are used to produce, process and transport food from the field to the consumer. However, depending on the type...
Access to reliable and affordable energy is fundamental in achieving economic development, and poverty reduction. It is also a vital input that underpins food security by enabling the various processes that are used to produce, process and transport food from the field to the consumer. However, depending on the type...
10 September 2017
A year had passed after completing secondary school and she had not found a job. Jeanne Aurore Muneza, now a 27 year old couldn not continue to university because her parents were poor. In fact, with that level of education in her rural area, her parents expected her to be...
A year had passed after completing secondary school and she had not found a job. Jeanne Aurore Muneza, now a 27 year old couldn not continue to university because her parents were poor. In fact, with that level of education in her rural area, her parents expected her to be...
09 September 2017
Empowering Women is empowering a Sustainable Society. Economic empowerment is a key step in making women full participants in their communities, through which they can contribute to creating jobs and social and environmental capital. FAO and three other UN agencies (WFP IFAD and UN Women) under the ONE UN initiative, delivering...
Empowering Women is empowering a Sustainable Society. Economic empowerment is a key step in making women full participants in their communities, through which they can contribute to creating jobs and social and environmental capital. FAO and three other UN agencies (WFP IFAD and UN Women) under the ONE UN initiative, delivering...
02 September 2017
The designing of Rwanda’s fourth Strategic Plan for the Transformation of Agriculture (PSTA4) is taking shape. The plan is the main policy framework for agriculture development in Rwanda. It will come on the heels of the PSTA-3 which ends in 2017/18 financial year. A number of consultations have been carried...
The designing of Rwanda’s fourth Strategic Plan for the Transformation of Agriculture (PSTA4) is taking shape. The plan is the main policy framework for agriculture development in Rwanda. It will come on the heels of the PSTA-3 which ends in 2017/18 financial year. A number of consultations have been carried...
25 August 2017
Agriculture is the economic mainstay of the majority of households in Rwanda and makes a significant contribution to the Rwanda’s economy. The sector accounts for approximately 30% of the GDP (GDP –National Accounts 2016) and employs about 69% of the labor force (NISR, 2014). Agriculture will be central to the...
Agriculture is the economic mainstay of the majority of households in Rwanda and makes a significant contribution to the Rwanda’s economy. The sector accounts for approximately 30% of the GDP (GDP –National Accounts 2016) and employs about 69% of the labor force (NISR, 2014). Agriculture will be central to the...
