Medium term plans for Agriculture and Growth

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Medium term plans for Agriculture and Growth

• By Hon Anastase MUREKEZIMinister of Agriculture
  and Animal Resources

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Background of the Sector

• Importance of Agriculture for Growth and poverty
  reduction in Rwanda
• For 90 employment, incomes, food supply and
  multiplier effects
• Growth strong but below PRSP target 2002-2005
  4.2
• PSTA under implementation with institutional
  reforms underway

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EDPRS Outcomes

• Vision 2020 and LTIF Objectives and Targets align
  with EDPRS
• Medium Term and EDPRS outcomes
• Agricultural growth of 6 annually
• Annual growth rate of agricultural export
  revenues is 7
• Average per capita real income in agriculture
  increases by 5 from baseline
• Halve the proportion of population below minimum
  food requirements

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Overview

• Challenges and Opportunities
• PSTA Institutional FW
• Seven Sector Priorities for 2007 and beyond
• Cross cutting issues
• Conclusion

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Challenges for Agricultural growth
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Opportunities

• Institutional Opportunities
• There is political will and commitment in the
  sector
• Existence of decentralised structures
• Land reform
• EDPRS provides the opportunity to guide and
  review the targets
• Agro Climatic Opportunities
• Availability of organic manure and travertine
• Rwanda rich volcanic soils in north and acidic
  soils for quality tea.
• Two agricultural seasons and an mostly a third
  one in the marshlands
• Abundance of water resources
• 165 000 Ha marshlands
• Diversity of agroclimatic zones

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PSTA 2005-2008 PROGRAMS
National Agricultural Policy (NAP/PNA)
Strategic Plan for Agricultural Transformation
(SPAT/PSTA)
PROGRAMME 1 Intensification and development of
sustainable production systems
PROGRAMME 3 Promotion of commodity chains and
development of agribusiness
PROGRAMME 4 Institutional development
PROGRAMME 2 Support to the professionalization
of farmers
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PSTA priorities reflected in GoR spend
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Actors in AgricultureWho is implementing our
Priorities?

• Decentralized implementation
• Next year 40 of recurrent Ministry budget to
  districts for implementation
• The private sector, Cooperatives and NGOs
• MINAGRI Agencies
• RADA
• RARDA
• ISAR
• RHODA
• Other government Agencies and Ministries, i.e.
  OCIR-The and OCIR-Café and Rwanda Bureau of
  Standards (RBS) MINITERE, REMA etc.
• Donors

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Priorities1. Soil Conservation

• Conservation of soil is the foundation of
  sustainable agricultural growth
• EDPRS target 30,000 Ha Radical Terraces
• Constructing radical and progressive terraces
• 13,000 Ha completed Dec. 2006
• Decentralized implementation

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Priorities2. Development of the Marshlands

• Increasing the land under cultivation relieves
  land pressure and increases productivity
• EDPRS target 26,000 Ha by 2012
• Master Plan for the Marshlands
• 66,000 Ha by 2016
• 2006 (11,105 Ha) reclaimed as rice fields
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Cash crops for Marshlands
• Rice and Maize fields
• Private sector pilot rice project in Muvumba
  (2000 Ha)
• Increased mechanization

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Priorities 3. Upland Irrigation Development

• Reducing the dependence on rainfall and
  increasing stability of yields
• EDPRS target 10,000 Ha upland irrigation by
  2012
• Irrigation master plan to be developed in 2007
• By 2006 approximately 200 Ha completed
• Upland gravity, sprinklers and drip irrigation
• Community based initiatives
• Rain water catchment
• 500 microdams, 8 small dams, 10 large dams
• Cost of irrigation in Rwanda

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Priorities 4. Enhancing Animal Resources

• Livestock offers opportunities for rapid increase
  in income and economic growth.
• EDPRS target outcomes
• Improving quality of stock
• Increased production of meat and dairy through
  cattle and small animals
• Increase diversification of animal resource
  produce (e.g. fish, honey)
• Disease control improved
• Improved feed mainly through zero grazing

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Support for Animal ResourcesProfessionalisation,
Veterinary services, Animal Health and Feeding

• Professionalisation
• Agribusinesses, zero grazing, increasing
  competitiveness
• Veterinary Services
• Client score card pilot
• Training inseminators in cooperation with private
  sector
• EDPRS Three trained inseminator in each sector
  by 2012
• Animal Health
• Disease control
• EDPRS 80 of national herd immunised annually
  against major epidemic diseases.
• Improved Animal Feeding
• Natural and industrial fodder
• EDPRS- 2 Tns of improved forage seed disseminated
  every year

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One Cow per poor Family Girinka programme

• Goal Poverty reduction and enhancing
  productivity
• Economic benefits dairy, meat and manure
• Improving the social status of the poor
• Criteria for selection
• lt 0.75 Ha of land (communal grazing possible)
• No cows at present
• Erosion control and fodder (20 Ares)
• Community approval and appraisal
• Exemplary behaviour inyangamugayo
• Participation in community work umuganda and
  gacaca
• Stakeholders Farmers, districts, ADB, IFAD and
  other partners join please
• EDPRS target 100 of 668.763 households under
  the programme one cow one family by 2016

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Priorities5. Increasing use of Inputs

• Increase in utilization of inputs to increase
  production quantity and quality and improve food
  security
• EDPRS target Increase from average of 4 kg per
  Ha to 20 Kg per Ha by 2012
• Guidelines for national fertilizer strategy in
  use
• Encouraging improved inputs
• Seed strategy with ISAR, RADA and private sector
• EDPRS Increase use of improved seeds from 10 to
  30 by 2012.
• Extension Services under development
• Building farmers organisations
• Increased decentralised funding
• Private sector involvement in distribution of
  inputs
• Revolving fund with BNR

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Priorities6. Ensuring Food Security

• Ensuring food security in communities is a
  necessary condition for human development and any
  economic growth
• EDPRS At least halve the proportion of
  population below minimum food requirements
• Production, Access and Nutritional aspects
• Calories 2100 Kcal per day
• Rwanda average intake is 83 for 2006 A
• Sources banana, tubers, cereals
• Proteins 59g per day, in which 10 should be
  from animals
• Rwanda average intake is 72 for 2006 A
• Sources leguminous, milk, meat, eggs, fish
• Lipids 40g per day
• Rwanda average intake is 30 for 2006 A
• Sources plant oil, animal products

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Priorities7. Promotion of Exports

• Foreign earnings have positive macroeconomic
  impact as well as direct income impact on rural
  population.
• EDPRS (by 2012) 80 of exported tea is good leaf
  tea
• (By 2012) 80 fully washed coffee from 5 of
  total production in 2006
• Traditional crops
• In 2005 (28 Mln US from tea), 30.000 employed
• In 2005 (38 Mln US from coffee), 400.000 farmers
• 4.7mln US from hides and skins 2005
• New export crops
• Horticulture (vegetables, fruits, flowers)
• Alternatives Macadamia, Moringa, essential oils,
  sericulture
• Transformation into agri-businesses
• EDPRS target raise membership of farmers
  cooperatives by 50

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Supporting Priority Programmes

• Capacity Building
• To further increase absorptive capacity of the
  sector
• Build capacity in Districts for planning,
  budgeting, delivery ME
• Promoting Professionalisation and Transformation
  from subsistence towards commodity chain approach
  and agri-business
• Building extension services and research for
  development
• Improved access to and quality of extension
  services
• Increased range of stakeholders and partnerships
  for delivery
• Client oriented research
• Capital investments and increasing access to
  credit
• Rural infrastructure
• Agricultural and Rural credit
• Microfinance

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Cross cutting issues

• Environmental sustainability
• EIA guidelines
• Sustainable Agricultural Practices
• Social Inclusion
• Youth and vulnerable groups targeted in extension
  
• Gender
• Skills, services and knowledge for women in
  Agriculture
• HIV/AIDS
• Special programs to ensure food security and
  support health

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Budget Maputo and actual allocation
Execution to Oct 2006 (81) 2005 (87) 2004
(93) 2003 (55.3) 2002 (53.5)
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Outputs Vision 2020 and Long term Strategy

• Agricultural sector grows 6 annually
• Population living on agriculture decreases from
  90 to 50
• Ha of Modern farms increases from 3 to 50
• Agricultural production kcal/pers/day from 1612
  kcal to international standard (2100 kcal)
• Availability of proteins g/pers/day increases
  from 35 to international standard

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Conclusion

• Reaching our Growth Targets
• Sector priorities ? EDPRS ? investments planned
  in LTIF to achieve? Vision 2020
• Agriculture provides the foundation for sustained
  economic growth and poverty reduction in the
  medium term for Rwanda

Murakoze Cyane