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Capacity Building to Increase the Quality and Quantity of Bees Products in Rwanda Furthering Income Generation and Job Creation - TCP/RWA/3802

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 7

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Synopsis (short abstract) Over 70 percent of the population in Rwanda is involved in agriculture, with high reliance on small-scale subsistence agriculture that is rain-fed and lacks appropriate technologies. The agriculture sector employs the majority of Rwandan workers (68 percent), with women representing 79 percent of the total agricultural labour force. Although an integral part of the sector, women farmers do not benefit from equal access to farm inputs, agricultural extension services and finance. The production potential of women farmers thus remains untapped, limiting their ability to take full advantage of on- and off-farm or formal market access in the agriculture sector. Illiteracy among women is high (23.1 percent) compared to that of men (18.1 percent), which further constrains access to already limited opportunities in terms of resources, the creation and management of small businesses and participation in overall decision-making processes. The project aligns with the fourth generation of the National Strategy for Agriculture Transformation and specifically its first outcome priority area, which is technological upgrading and capacitated farmers and rural value chain actors who make informed decisions and profitably engage in off-farm activities where beekeeping plays a key role.

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