The Agriculture Gender and Youth Mainstreaming Strategy builds on the work of the previous gender-specific sector strategy developed in 2010. It aims to support the implementation of the Fourth Strategic Plan for Agricultural Transformation (PSTA4, 2018) and the National Agriculture Policy (NAP, 2018). The Vision is for increased and sustainable productivity in the agriculture sector for healthy and wealthy women, men and youth. The aim is for women and youth to have increased knowledge and access to services, to participate equally in all parts of the value chain, and to work in collaboration with men to improve their agricultural productivity and economic empowerment. This envisages that women, men and youth have equal voice and control over and benefit equally from agricultural productive resources and opportunities that lead to sustainable improvements in economic, food and nutritional security. There are four policy objectives: 1. stimulate productivity and diversification for enhanced nutritional outcomes, new opportunities for farm income to further reduce rural poverty and transform the dominant subsistence farming sector into a competitive and market-led agriculture sector; 2. promote sustainable agricultural intensification and resilience to counter environmental degradation and mitigate climate change for the long-term health of Rwanda’s land and people; 3. close knowledge and skills gaps and empower women and youth to unlock significant additional agricultural as well as labour productivity gains; and 4. enhance policy development and institutional capacity to create an enabling environment for markets to function efficiently and ensure public sec MINAGRI is the principal institution for the coordination of the strategy and has overseen progress under the 2010 Gender Strategy for Agriculture as well as more recent developments for dialogue and policy implementation such as the Gender Sub-Sector Working Group (GSSWG). MINAGRI, its agencies (RAB and NAEB) and Districts are responsible for the delivery of this strategy and for driving change within their organisations. Strengthened collaboration on gender and youth specific issues with a broader range of stakeholders across sectors such as local government, health, education and infrastructure, could increase the effectiveness of institutional mainstreaming.
Руанда · 2019-04-01