Gateway to poultry production and products

Promoting decent youth employment in agriculture and improving nutrition

Country Rwanda
Year 2017
Copyright ©FAO/Teopista Mutesi
Description

Mayaga sector, Bugesera district, Rwanda – a poultry farmer picks eggs in the morning. He was one of the youth who benefited from FAO’s poultry project funded by Africa Solidarity Trust Fund (ASTF). The project created job opportunities for youth and improved nutrition of vulnerable households and provided supplemental income to poor households through poultry value chain. The project has increased decent youth employment in agriculture.