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The Rural Sector Support Project's mission is to help the government of Rwanda achieve its strategic goal of revitalizing the rural economy and thereby increasing rural incomes, reducing poverty, and reinforcing national stability
Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) organized a one day workshop on rice trade which convened all the players in the rice commodity chain including farmer cooperatives, traders and processors.
The objective was to discuss the issues in the rice trade that have led to the limited availability of Rwandan rice on the local market. In his opening remarks, the Permanent Secretary MINAGRI Mr. Ernest Ruzindaza pointed out that the government has continuously invested in rice production geared towards increasing quality and reducing rice imports and this can only be achieved if the current rice marketing channels are streamlined.
In line with the ambitious goal of the government to be self-sufficient in Rice production by 2016, the Rural sector support project , (RSSP), a project under the ministry of Agriculture, has earmarked 1750 hectares of marshland in Nyagatare District , Eastern Province for rice Cultivation . The exercise to reclaim the huge chunk of marshland currently going on through the Muvumba marshland rehabilitation project , also referred to as PERIMETER 8, is funded by the World Bank. Of the 1750 hectares, over 200 have been reclaimed and is ready for cultivation, while an additional 750 hectares will be ready for cultivation by January 2012, which marks the start of the Rice Cultivation season B.
