Promoting Agricultural Growth in Rwanda : Recent Performance, Challenges and Opportunities

Rwanda is experiencing its best growth performance since independence. With average annual GDP growth rate of 8 percent and 5.2 percent for agricultural GDP from 1999-2012, Rwanda s recent growth is a historical record. The poverty headcount fell f...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE CHALLENGES AGRICULTURE GROWTH SUSTAINABILITY GROWTH PERFORMANCE LINKS TO DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL MARKETS NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT NUTRITION SECURITY PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTORS RURAL INCOMES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19795276/rwanda-promoting-agricultural-growth-policy-note-rwanda-promoting-agricultural-growth-recent-performance-challenges-opportunities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20008

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spelling	okr-10986-200082021-04-23T14:03:53Z Promoting Agricultural Growth in Rwanda : Recent Performance, Challenges and Opportunities World Bank AGRICULTURE CHALLENGES AGRICULTURE GROWTH SUSTAINABILITY GROWTH PERFORMANCE LINKS TO DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL MARKETS NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT NUTRITION SECURITY PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTORS RURAL INCOMES Rwanda is experiencing its best growth performance since independence. With average annual GDP growth rate of 8 percent and 5.2 percent for agricultural GDP from 1999-2012, Rwanda s recent growth is a historical record. The poverty headcount fell from 59 percent in 2001 to 45 percent in 2011, and agriculture continues to be one of the main drivers of growth and poverty reduction in Rwanda, significantly lifting rural households out of poverty. Yet, challenges in the agriculture sector remain. Specifically, to: (i) sustain the productivity gains in the short and medium-term, which have contributed to strong agriculture growth and raised rural incomes; ii) increase and improve nutrition security for the rural population; iii) strengthen and deepen value chain development including increasing agro-processing to create non-farm employment; iv) secure and strengthen linkages to domestic and international markets for agriculture production; and v) enhance the enabling environment to attract the private sector to invest in the sector and add value to the productivity increases. 2014-09-09T20:04:49Z 2014-09-09T20:04:49Z 2014-06-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19795276/rwanda-promoting-agricultural-growth-policy-note-rwanda-promoting-agricultural-growth-recent-performance-challenges-opportunities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20008 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Africa Rwanda
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description	Rwanda is experiencing its best growth performance since independence. With average annual GDP growth rate of 8 percent and 5.2 percent for agricultural GDP from 1999-2012, Rwanda s recent growth is a historical record. The poverty headcount fell from 59 percent in 2001 to 45 percent in 2011, and agriculture continues to be one of the main drivers of growth and poverty reduction in Rwanda, significantly lifting rural households out of poverty. Yet, challenges in the agriculture sector remain. Specifically, to: (i) sustain the productivity gains in the short and medium-term, which have contributed to strong agriculture growth and raised rural incomes; ii) increase and improve nutrition security for the rural population; iii) strengthen and deepen value chain development including increasing agro-processing to create non-farm employment; iv) secure and strengthen linkages to domestic and international markets for agriculture production; and v) enhance the enabling environment to attract the private sector to invest in the sector and add value to the productivity increases.
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title	Promoting Agricultural Growth in Rwanda : Recent Performance, Challenges and Opportunities
title_short	Promoting Agricultural Growth in Rwanda : Recent Performance, Challenges and Opportunities
title_full	Promoting Agricultural Growth in Rwanda : Recent Performance, Challenges and Opportunities
title_fullStr	Promoting Agricultural Growth in Rwanda : Recent Performance, Challenges and Opportunities
title_full_unstemmed	Promoting Agricultural Growth in Rwanda : Recent Performance, Challenges and Opportunities
title_sort	promoting agricultural growth in rwanda : recent performance, challenges and opportunities
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Promoting Agricultural Growth in Rwanda : Recent Performance, Challenges and Opportunities

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