Project Title: Rwanda Dairy Development Project Phase 2
Project Period: 2023 - 2030
Client/Funder: IFAD through Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB)
Country and Area of Implementation: Rwanda (27 rural Districts)
Project Description:
The project’s goal is to reduce the poverty level of targeted rural households and mitigate the impact of the dairy sector on climate change. The project development objective is to enhance the income, nutrition and resilience of rural households through a more inclusive, sustainable, digitalized and competitive dairy sector.
RDDP-2 will be implemented in 27 of the 30 districts of Rwanda, divided into two groups. Category 1, which comprises 14 districts where RDDP was implemented, will leverage achievements to further transform the sector with new innovations and technologies while capitalizing on emerging market prospects. Category 2 covers 13 new districts, while the remaining three urban and peri-urban districts may be targeted for milk processing and marketing activities.
The project will benefit 175,000 poor and nutrition-insecure rural households, 100,000 of them from the first phase, and be the primary focus of scaled-up interventions. The additional 75,000 new households will be selected from category 1 (25,000 households) and category 2 (50,000 households).
RDDP-2 will give preferential treatment to women (45 per cent) and youth (25 per cent).
Role of KT:
Establishment of youth-led fodder production and Marketing Hub at Nyawera site in Mwiri Sector of Kayonza District, Eastern Province of Rwanda to support the broader objectives of RDDP II to enhance livestock productivity and improve resilience to drought in Eastern Province, while supporting job creation and entrepreneurship for youth