Story of change

RWANDA – A story of change on dairy

Meaningful meetings mean more milk “Burera dairy opened in September 2015 but immediately had problems in sourcing milk as there was no organized supply chain” explains Managing Director Emmanuel Mahoro. “But things improved when everyone involved began to meet.” Beginning in November 2016 with a capacity needs assessment workshop, CDAIS has helped to bring different

RWANDA – A story of change on Rwangingo catchment

Finding common interests and promoting collaboration to resolve conflicts in water use Centred on a reservoir and irrigation scheme for livestock keepers and crop producers, the core objective of CDAIS Rwangingo catchment was to promote fair, effective and efficient use of water, as well asconflict management through collaboration among users. It stimulated a partnership framework

RWANDA – A story of change on cassava

Cooperation increases cassava production and processing Cassava is an important crop especially in the south of Rwanda. A processing factory was constructed, but it was unable to source enough roots to make it profitable. Since CDAIS became involved, however, actors got together, saw the problems and agreed ways forward. Now a few years later business

RWANDA Story of change

“CDAIS has helped me understand better the challenges in the milk value chain, from farmer to final consumer.” In November 2016, a CDAIS capacity needs assessment of a community milk processing centre started a process that has seen clear changes in less than a year. The Burera dairy was selected as one of the country’s

Contributors to the page

Anita Mutesi, national innovation facilitator

anita.mutesi@cesb.gov.rw; annishmut@gmail.com, +250 783011360

 

 

 

Gisele Ntakirutimana, National Innovation Facilitator

kirutagigi@yahoo.fr, +250 788 443 914

 

 

 

Jean Pierre Bizimana, entrepreneurship and business management consultant

bizicom2@gmail.com, +250 788 306 63

 

 

Straton Habumugisha, National Innovation Facilitator

stratonnh@gmail.com, +250 788622690

 

 

 

Désiré Mushumba, agro-economy consultant

mushdesire@yahoo.fr, +250 788566096

 

 

Gilbert Kayitare, CDAIS Country Project Manager

gilbert.kaitare@fao.org, +250788301692