📋 Tender Overview
Project sponsor: CARE Austria, Association for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid
Country: Rwanda Funding amount: € 150,000.00 Start: 01.01.2024 End: 31.12.2026
SHORT DESCRIPTION:
project goal
The project objective is to contribute to resilient food systems and improved food and nutrition security in Rwanda, especially in the districts of Gicumbi, Rulindo and Gakenke.
expected results
1) Women, men and young smallholder farmers participate in and generate benefits in equitable, sustainable, inclusive, productive and nutrition-sensitive agricultural value chains;
2) Vulnerable households, especially women and children, consume more diverse and nutritious foods.
target group
ADC funds reach 5,465 direct beneficiaries.
(total: 31,885 direct beneficiaries in the districts of Gicumbi, Rulindo and Gakenke)
Measures
1) Empowering smallholder farmers in climate and water-smart farming practices, post-harvest management and quality assurance, collaboration with other parts of the value chain, farm management and finance;
2) Developing tailor-made financial services for agriculture to facilitate cooperation and contracting with farmers’ groups;
3) The measure will support vulnerable households in developing their own home gardens and rainwater collection systems for hygiene and irrigation;
4) Monthly examination of children with malnutrition.
background information
In Rwanda, one fifth of the population is food insecure and three in ten young children suffer from stunting or low height for age. These effects are largely unintended consequences of the specifics of the country's agricultural sector, which, despite an employment rate of 75% of the population (and 85% of women), has structural problems in terms of production and access to markets. Inadequate availability of nutritious food and high food inflation contribute to more than half of Rwandans being unable to afford a balanced diet. Nevertheless, the nutritional situation in Rwanda cannot be explained by food availability alone, as stunting and malnutrition are common even in regions with adequate food security.
ADC co-financing share: 17.14%, EU funding share: 80%
