Rwanda’s impressive economic growth over the past two decades has been accompanied by significant structural change in the broad economy and the agrifood system in particular.
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Rwanda has made remarkable economic progress during the past two decades, and its annual GDP growth rate reached more than 7 percent during the 2009 to 2019 period (NISR 2021).
Transformation of the agri-food system (AFS) is a leading pathway to achieve the USG Global Food Security Strategy Objective 1 of “Inclusive agriculture-led growth”.
This paper assesses the structure of Rwanda’s current and evolving agrifood system and its contribution to national development.
From food price crisis to an equitable food system
Global food, fuel, and fertilizer prices have risen rapidly in recent months, driven in large part by the fallout from the ongoing war in Ukraine and the sanctions imposed on Russia.
Rwanda’s food systems transformation: A diagnostic of the public policy landscape shaping the transformation process
This paper provides a diagnostic of Rwanda’s food systems and the policy landscape that shapes it.
As Rwanda journeys towards a broad-based social and economic transformation, there are opportunities for the country’s food systems to become a key driver on that journey.
Rwanda has made remarkable progress in the past two decades, highlighted by rapid economic growth and sharp reductions in poverty.
Most farmers source sweetpotato vines from neighboring farmers or from cuttings taken from their own plots during the previous season.
Assessing the impacts of COVID-19 on household incomes and poverty in Rwanda: A microsimulation approach
In Rwanda, as in other countries, different types of households will experience the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic differently.
Rwanda’s policy response to COVID-19 has been widely praised for its rapid, systematic, and comprehensive approach to containing the pandemic.
Rwanda’s policy response to COVID-19 has been widely praised for its rapid, systematic, and comprehensive approach to containing the pandemic.
It is too soon to assess the full economic impacts that COVID-19 lockdowns will have on developing countries. But early research indicates that many African economies are significantly impacted and that poorer households are struggling.
Since 2013, the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy (FSP) has combined multidisciplinary research on emergent issues facing food systems with policy analysis to provide an enabling environment for improved food security.
This paper reviews FSP’s achievements from 2013 to 2018 and discusses some of the key lessons learned while also documenting the project’s vast range of publications, presentations, policy briefs, and other outputs.