{"id":55812,"date":"2025-10-01T12:34:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T12:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/eu-commits-additional-frw-44-billion-to-rwandan-farmers\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T12:31:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T12:31:48","slug":"eu-commits-additional-frw-44-billion-to-rwandan-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/eu-commits-additional-frw-44-billion-to-rwandan-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"EU commits additional Frw 44 billion to Rwandan farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The announcement was made on September 30, 2025, during the East Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) conference held in Kigali. The event brought together farmers from across the East African Community (EAC) and various partners to discuss strategies for food self-sufficiency and long-term agricultural development.<\/p>\n<p>This latest contribution adds to over Frw 127 billion that the EU had previously provided through the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).<\/p>\n<p>Elise Hadman, Deputy Head for Western Africa at the EU\u2019s Directorate-General for International Partnerships, praised EAFF\u2019s 20 years of supporting small-scale farmers and noted that over Frw 170 billion has been channelled to farmer associations through the EU-Bank of Kigali \u2018Global Gateway Strategy\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Hadman said, \u201cSo far, farmer associations and food processors have received over 75 million Euros (127 billion Rwandan Francs) from the EU in partnership with BK through the IFAD fund. Today, we are pleased to confirm an additional 26 million Euros (44 billion Rwandan Francs), bringing total support to over 170 billion Rwandan Francs.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>She added that the EU remains committed to advancing agricultural development across the continent to ensure food self-sufficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Mark Cyubahiro Bagabe, Rwanda\u2019s Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, noted that the funding will help farmers, food processors, and agricultural institutions access capital to expand operations and mitigate the effects of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we celebrate 20 years of the EAFF, we look forward to advancing long-term agriculture that benefits the entire region. When we receive funding, we must use it to increase production, not for celebrations. This is what will help reduce Africa\u2019s food import gap,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>It is expected that EU agricultural support to Rwanda will total 500 million Euros between 2020 and 2030.<\/p>\n<p>During the conference, officials were also taken through a range of agricultural produce processed by local farmers, highlighting the impact of EU support on Rwanda\u2019s agricultural sector.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-95443 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/4-2498-8f3e5.jpg\" alt=\"The East Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) conference held in Kigali brought together farmers from across the EAC and various partners to discuss strategies for food self-sufficiency and long-term agricultural development.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-95442 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/9-1182-2ae62.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-95441 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/elise_hadman_65561_1_.jpg\" alt=\"Elise Hadman, Deputy Head for Western Africa at the EU\u2019s Directorate-General for International Partnerships, praised EAFF\u2019s 20 years of supporting small-scale farmers.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-95440 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dr__mark_cyubahiro_-aac77.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Mark Cyubahiro Bagabe, Rwanda\u2019s Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, noted that the funding will help farmers, food processors, and agricultural institutions access capital to expand operations and mitigate the effects of climate change.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-95439 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/eu-6.jpg\" alt=\"Various officials were taken through the processing of agricultural produce.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union (EU) has announced it will provide Frw 44 billion to support farmer associations in Rwanda. The funding is aimed at promoting sustainable agriculture and improving the livelihoods of farmers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000095444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000095444,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/4-24-edf94.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/4-24-edf94.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/4-24-edf94.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/4-24-edf94.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/4-24-edf94.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/4-24-edf94.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000095444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55812"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55812"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}