Technical workshop with policymakers for tools’ sustainability Thursday 24 March 2022, Stakeholders from the MINAGRI , Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA) and RAB held a technical workshop with ICT4BXW project team including Viamo, ARIFU, TUNGA and IITA. The workshop…
BXW APP The project conducted an impact survey for the past 2 years. The total number of respondents was 200 (150 Farmers and 50 Farmer Promoters). Results show that 85% of respondents increased knowledge on banana production, BXW control,…
The project team collaborated with Viamo to deliver remote training through Interactive Voice Response (IVR) with a focus on the (BXW) disease and best practices for banana agronomy. The cohort of Scaling Champions (SCs) and Scaling Enablers (SEs)» were…
The project team is empowering Farmer Promoters as Scaling Champions and Enablers to support banana farmers across their respective villages. Farmer Promoters are volunteer community leaders who receive technical trainings by RAB and Local Government to serve as farmer-to-farmer…
Effective and adequate fertilizer and amendment applications to soil produce a good yield within an integrated soil management approach in a sustainable manner. It is important to gather relevant information about soil properties, including soil types, soil fertility, nutrient…
Digital tools are gradually improving the reality of farmers and ground-level evidence is critical to support further development and scaling at various levels. Recently, farmers and farmer promoters (local extension agents) in Rwanda have expressed very positive sentiments about…
The CGIAR, in partnership with the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB) and VIAMO, are piloting an innovative system for high-frequency collection of diet quality data in Rwanda. The CGIAR funded project uses a mobile phone-based system…
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in partnership with the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB), the International Potato Center (CIP), One Acre Fund (OAF), and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (the Alliance) are…