Strategic Plan for Rapid Transformation of Rwanda’s
Agriculture Sector (2005-2007)
Summary and Progress ReportPresentation to CabinetMINAGRI, Oct 20th 2004
• Introduction• Articulation of Process
and Challenges• Policy Orientations• Introduction to Strategic
Plan (2005-2007)
Agenda
Introduction All Rwandans heavily depend on agriculture Vision 2020: Agriculture must contribute
between 5.3% to 6% to an annual 8% for the next 15 years
Necessity to create a coherent policy framework for: PRSP implementation: Resource allocation,
Accountability, Monitoring Evaluation Mobilization of all stakeholders for maximum
impact Presidential Electoral Platform
Articulation of Process Policy Elaboration(Nov 03-May 04)
Policy Review and Policy Dialogue Strategic Plan (July 04-Nov 04):
Broader consultation• District Workshops, • Thematic Consultations,
Development of Strategies, Data Base, Costing and Macro-Economic Framework
Policy Orientations
Strategic Axes
Traditional Strategic Approach: Transformation and Modernization of
Agriculture Four New Axes:
Commodity-based interventions (Filieres) Competitiveness Entrepreneurship in agriculture Youth, Gender, Environment and HIV-AIDS
Priorities
1st Category: Export Commodities: Coffee, Tea, Horticulture, Hides and Skins, Honey,…
2nd Category: Products of Mass-Consumption: Rice, Maize, Milk and Dairies, Meat, Beans, Irish
Potatoes, Animals for transport (Mules, Oxes,…) 3rd Category New Commodities with Market
Potential: Vanilla, Geraniums, Macademia, Patchouli, etc…
National to Local Priorities
Choice of a few priority crops with a decreasing number of priorities as we go from national to sectoral-level;
Umurenge as basic production center with only one priority commodity;
Agriculture Regional Mapping: Suitability of crops Adaptability of crops
Introduction to Strategic Plan
Guiding Principles
Considered strategies will have to: Reverse Soils and Water deperdition
for sustainability; Help population attain Food security
(nutritional requirements) and address vulnerability management issues;
Generate incomes to monetize rural economy and allow farmers to access markets.
Challenges of the Process
How to simultaneously: Meet Political goals and ambition
for economic growth through agriculture
while Taking into account population’s
demand expressed through the Community Development Plans?
What Strategies will help the farmers make the transition
from subsistence to a modern, integrated, market-
oriented agriculture?