PROJECT NAME: LAND HUSBANDRY WATER HARVESTING AND HILLSIDE IRRIGATION

PARTNERS: IDA, GAFSP, CIDA, USAID

FUNDED BY: World Bank

BUDGET: 106 USD Millions

TIMELINE: Dec 2015

OBJECTIVE:

Increase productivity and commercialization of hillsides agriculture in target area

COVERAGE: Karongi, Gatsibo, Nyanza

MAIN ACTIVITIES:

Capacity development in farmer organization, extension marketing and rural finance;
Land husbandry, Water harvesting and Irrigation,

ACHIEVEMENTS:

-    1cooperative formed in Karongi-12 site; 6748 direct beneficiaries formed groups in the 4 sites.
-    179,207 fruit trees planted in LWH sites;
-    3 post harvest infrastructures completed in the rainfed of Karongi-12;
-    14,016tons of compost prepared a cross sites for season B 2012;
-    An average of 7247people employed in land husbandry works and so far 1663 ha treated with land husbandry technologies;

CONTACT DETAILS:

Jolly DUSABE

Email: j.dusabe@rssp.gov.rw
Phone: 0788301751

Land Husbandry Water harvesting and Hillside Irrigation

LWH is a Government Project under MINAGRI in Program 1 in the new Sector Wide Approach (SWAP) structure. It was designed in March 2008 to improve the agricultural system in Rwanda due to areas of weakness that was identified namely:

* Soil loss due to erosion mainly water erosion and gravitational erosion
* Impoverished soil fertility.
* Excessively acidic soil
* Limited water-holding capacity/high infiltration
* Land is owned privately and cultivated for subsistence mainly targeting HH’s own food consumption (many in type and small in quantities)