Publications
Brief
Synopsis: Enhancing smallholder farmers’ profitability through increased crop commercialization in Rwanda
Journal Article
Understanding differential reductions in undernutrition among districts in Rwanda through the perspectives of mid‐level and community actors on policy commitment and policy coherence
Working Paper
Costs and returns in Rwandan smallholder agricultural production: Gross margins and profitability analyses
Datasets
Dataset
COVID-19 Impact on Rural Men and Women in Rwanda, Round 1
Dataset
COVID-19 Impact on Rural Men and Women in Rwanda, Round 2
Dataset
2021 Social Accounting Matrix for Rwanda
Blogs
Developing Local Extension Capacity (DLEC) project: Finding more effective ways to deliver vital information and innovation to farmers
Helping smallholders tap new technologies.
IFPRI’s new COVID-19 Food Price Monitor tracks warning signs of stress in local markets
Spotting the red flag of spiking prices can speed interventions to head off bigger food security problems.
National policy dialogue: Charting Rwanda’s agricultural transformation
Researchers and policy makers must collaborate to implement a national strategic plan.
Events
African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF)
Virtual Event: September 5, 2022 – 1:30 AM to September 9, 2022 – 3:00 PM EDT. IFPRI’s Director General Johan Swinnen is participating in the African Green Revolution Forum 2022 (AGRF).
2022 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting
Virtual Event: July 31, 2022 – 10:00 AM to August 2, 2022 – 6:15 PM PDT. IFPRI is participating in the 2022 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting.
Agricultural Insurance in Rwanda: Principles, Products, and Practices to Inform the National Agriculture Insurance Scheme (NAIS)
Event: May 25, 2022 – 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM CAT. This convening is organized by MINAGRI and IFPRI as a half-day event focusing on two specific themes and is designed to offer new insights and lessons learned in support of NAIS.
News
How to transform African agriculture (Project Syndicate)
In a report on trends for African agriculture, Project Syndicate wrote that with soaring food prices, climate change, and rapid population growth undermining food security in Africa, the continent is in dire need of an agricultural revolution. While the pandemic and the war in Ukraine have exacerbated global food insecurity, throwing millions into extreme poverty […]
Rwanda: $ 33 million from BRD and EIB to support companies hit by Covid-19 (Agency Cofin)
Agency Cofin published an article stating that Rwanda is preparing, with the help of its partners, for post-covid economic recovery. As such, a number of sources of financing have been implemented in order to facilitate the recovery of the various key sectors of the economy. According to IFPRI, the lockdown has increased the poverty rate by 10.9 percentage […]
Rwanda banks on tech to get 18% households out of food insecurity (The New Times)
The New Times (Rwanda) published an article stating that experts in the agriculture sector have called for robust efforts to increase production and availability of nutritious food following revelations that over 18 percent of the country’s households face food insecurity. The solutions, experts say, could help to eliminate the stunting rate and achieve zero hunger by 2025 in […]