This National Agricultural policy of 2018 replaces the policy of 2004 and responds to evolving dynamics in the agricultural sector and the current priorities. The vision of the Policy is: a nation that enjoys food security, nutritional health and sustainable agricultural growth from a productive, green and market-led agricultural sector. The mission is to ensure food and nutrition security, modern agribusiness technologies, professionalizing farmers in terms of production, commercialisation of the outputs and the creation of a competitive agriculture sector. The Policy objectives are: increased contribution to wealth creation; economic opportunities and prosperity; improved food security and nutrition; increased resilience and sustainability. The Policy actions are organised under four broad policy pillars: 1) enabling environment and responsive institutions; 2) technological upgrading and skills development; 3) productivity and sustainability; 4) inclusive markets and off-farm opportunities. Therefore, the Policy promotes the following actions: increasing public investments and private sector investment and finance for agriculture; increasing research capacity; promoting innovation and extension services; increasing animal resources productivity and sustainable land productivity; building resilience in farming communities; promoting off-farm opportunities for women and youth; increasing agricultural products for healthy diets and consumer markets; increasing agricultural production for export markets; development of post-harvest management techniques.
رواندا · 2018-07-01