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La question d’implication des associations des PEA dans le monitoring des politiques agricoles et foncières se pose avec acuité dans le contexte actuel ou le MINAGRI est entrain de réaliser une révision de la politique agricole, dans une perspective de renforcer les acquis de récentes reformes agricoles et foncières, visant à augmenter la productivité agricole commerciale, avec tous les impacts négatifs sur les écosystèmes de production.

This study is part of the implementation of a programme called Women’s land rights and food security in post conflict Rwanda”, conducted by ACORD Rwanda in the six Districts covered by the programme

There is a strong cause-and-effect relationship between the lack of participation of the poor communities, especially small farmers and artisans, in the design and implementation of poverty reduction strategies and other development initiatives, on one hand, and, on the other hand, the miserable reality of “abject poverty” that the people sub-saharian countries are living in.

This study is published as part of the project “Promoting Agriculture, Climate and Trade linkages in the East African Community – Phase 2” (PACT EAC2). Led by CUTS International Geneva in collaboration with ACORD Rwanda, the project aims to build the capacity of individuals, networks and institutions to identify and promote appropriate policies for climate-aware, trade-oriented, food security-enhancing agro-processing in the EAC region.

The present study was conducted on carbon footprint for ACORD-Rwanda and its partners DUHAMIC_ADRI & SOSOMA Industries Ltd as well as in the API-Business Development Company (ABDC Ltd). The study was commissioned by ACORD-Rwanda program and conducted by two climate change specialists from REMA and RDB.

Agro-ecological practices (AEPs), whose general principle is to rationally use natural resources to generate better livelihoods and to maximize its potentials by promoting synergies and enhancing ecosystem resilience, are attractive options for both smallholder farmers and consolidated lands for commercial farming.

With GALS methodology, Household members take responsibility for what they want to be and do , change they want to see , and they work closely with each other , their friends and the community to make a difference .

This project aims to break the cycle of poverty, isolation, violence, exploitation and abuse of children and young people at risk in Rural Rwanda. It is done through creating an improved environment in which households headed by children and young people can exercise their rights and become influential in driving social change.

The project “The Socio-Economic Integration of Child-Headed Households in Post-Conflict Rwanda” was designed to support the socio-economic integration of the most marginalized and vulnerable child-headed households in rural Rwanda.

With support from BLF, ACORD Rwanda embarked on a project to champion women’s rights to land and food security in post-conflict Rwanda. Indeed, in Rwanda, it is estimated that over 500,000 women-headed households live on subsistence farming. Arable land is becoming scarcer and its management is uncertain, especially since the land belongs to state.