enriching seeds and livelihoods in rwanda
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Enriching Seeds and Livelihoods in Rwanda
Going the Last Mile: Accelerating Progress in Food Security and Nutrition
Brussels, 14 June 2016
Joseph Mulambu, Rwanda Country ManagerHarvestPlus
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Which nutrients, crops, countries?
http://bit.ly/HPlusBPI
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• Higher yielding up to 40 – 50%• Drought tolerant• Disease and pest resistant• Provides Iron nutrition: 45% of daily dietary
needs• Relatively cook faster than traditional bean
varieties
Why Adopt High Iron Beans?
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• Ten biofortified bean varieties officially released since 2012
• Intensive dissemination began in March 2012• Seed Delivery Channels:– Agro-dealers– Farmer to farmer– Direct marketing– Payback system – Seed swap
High Iron Beans in Rwanda
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Developing Markets for Long-term Adoption
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Empowering women farmers
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Nutrition Education: Cooking Demonstration
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http://bit.ly/EatHealthyBeans
Using Mass Media to Create Demand
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Dissemination, 2012-2014
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Impact Assessment Study ofLonger-Term Adoption
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Key Findings
• 29% of bean farming households in Rwanda have grown HIBs at least once since they were released in 2012
• 21% of bean farming households were growing a HIB variety in the season that study was conducted
• Approximately 54% of households that have grown HIBs have grown them continuously or intermittently over time
• Number of “adopters” for all 10 varieties continues to grow each year
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Adoption of High-Iron Beans by District - Since 2012
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Some Key Partners
Ministry of Agriculture/RAB
Ministry of Health
Ministry of Education
IMBARAGA Rwanda FarmerFederation
Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA/CIAT)
RISCO, Win-Win Agritech
World Food Programme/Purchase for ProgressMinister of Health Agnes Binagwaho, MD, PHD
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Toward a sustainable market-based solution
Next Steps:•Scaling up through even more partners in the bean value chain -- private sector, NGOs, and multilaterals•Strengthening seed systems and market linkages•Reaching a critical, sustainable market share for iron beans•Introducing more biofortified crops/micronutrients, e.g., vitamin A maize •Generating/sharing evidence and lessons learned in scaling up, in Rwanda and with other countries
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Thank You!
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