1. Country |
Rwanda |
2. Title (Full name) |
Promoting public-private partnerships in extension services in rice growing areas in Rwanda
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3. Project Location |
Southern, Eastern and Western provinces and Kigali City |
4. Type of project |
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1. Grant, 2. Loan, 3. Technical Coop./Assistance, 4. National budget, 5. Private sector |
5. Field of support |
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1. Policy, 2. R & D, 3. Extension & Training, 4. Production, 5. Marketing, 6. Post-harvest, 7. Irrigation, 8. Credit, 9. Seed, 10. Other ( specify below ) |
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6. Suggested Funding agency |
Govt, Private Sector, NGOs, BTC, USAID, AGRA |
7. Budget |
550,000 USD |
8. Project duration |
3 years
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9. Goal and objectives |
Goal: |
Improve rice productivity by enhancing the capacity and efficiency of dissemination of appropriate technologies through public-private partnerships |
Obj.: |
- Address capacity constraints by leveraging private sector involvement, |
- Put in place an appropriate delivery system of supporting farmers with appropriate technologies, |
- Encourage private participation in extension services through increased awareness of the potential of benefits |
10. Target beneficiaries |
Direct: |
Rice growers, Cooperatives, Private Sector
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Sec.: |
Institutions, Agro-input dealers |
11. Project component (activities) |
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Access to Training materials (public and private): Technical knowledge, Preparation of extension materials (manuals, posters, hand-outs, etc.), modes of dissemination and professionalism
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Technical Follow-up: Assess the adoption of the disseminated technologies |
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Policy/Institutional Support: Establish clear roles of public and private entities in national extension system |
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Policy/Institutional Support: Incentivize the services and service providers for efficiency and professionalism in extension delivery |
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Information/Knowledge: Awareness on scale of economy and viability of private participation created through evidence from other cash crops and rice |
12. Expected results (outputs) |
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Professionalism and efficiency of extension services in rice growing areas
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Adoption of on-farm rice technologies increased |
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Increased private sector involvement along the rice value chain |
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Improved rice productivity and profitability of rice growers |
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