The program is entitled Feed the Future Rwanda Kungahara Wagura Amasoko (“prosper while expanding markets”) and is designed to inclusively and sustainably boost economic growth. The activity plans facilitation of US$300 million in new investments into Rwanda’s high-value agricultural export sector, which includes coffee, tea, horticulture and spices, and livestock products such as dairy and hides.
The activity will work with and through the Government of Rwanda, the private sector, and civil society to facilitate an inclusive and resilient policy and regulatory environment and mobilize public and private investment toward increased high-value agricultural products.
During the launch in Kigali, USAID/Rwanda Mission Director Mr. Jonathan Kamin has said that the goal of this activity is to achieve at least 12 percent annual growth in targeted agricultural commodities exported at a national level, an increase of income of 50 percent to 75 percent for at least 100,000 households and US$300 million value of private investments mobilized by and through Government of Rwanda agencies.”
Presiding over the launch, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI), Dr. Jean-Chrysostome Ngabitsinze said: “Partnerships with the private sector and civil society organizations to reach a huge number of exporters across a number of high-value agricultural products is critical. Joining efforts and collaboration with USAID projects, other donors supporting the sector as well as other local stakeholders is encouraged.”
The U.S. Feed the Future Rwanda Kungahara Wagura Amasoko is expected to achieve US$300 million in private investment and commitments mobilized by and through GOR agencies as a result of U.S. Government support; 168% increase in value of targeted agricultural commodities exported at a national level and 50% increase in income for at least 127,000 households, including women and youth, through participation in agricultural export value chains and services.
It also seeks to achieve at least 30 new or adapted agricultural enabling environment policies analyzed, consulted on, drafted or revised, approved, and implemented with U.S. Government assistance; and 500 firms accessing agriculture-related investment as a result of U.S. Government support.
U.S. Feed the Future Rwanda Kungahara Wagura Amasoko is implemented by a consortium led by RTI International with partners J.E. Austin Associates, Dalberg Advisors, LixCap, and Vanguard Economics.
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Feed the Future is America’s initiative to combat global hunger. Led by the U.S. Agency for International Development, Feed the Future draws on the agricultural, trade, investment, development, and policy resources and expertise of multiple U.S. federal departments and agencies. www.feedthefuture/gov
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