Rwanda Post-Harvest Handling and Storage Project (PHHS):

PHHS Investment & Finance Strategy

Prepared by Alice KwizeraPHHS Investment Finance Manager

December 9th - 10th , 2010 Kigali, Rwanda

APF - IPER Annual Meeting

PHHS Team and Focus

Implementing Organizations:

PHHS Project :

Targeted Value Chains:

Effective Dates:

CARANA Corporation & ACDI/VOCA

Post Harvest Handling & Storage Project

Maize, Wheat, Rice, Beans and Soya Beans, Cassava and Irish Potato

9/15/2009 – 3/15/2012

WHY PHHS for Staple Crops? – PHHS Strategy

WHY PHHS for Staple Crops?

In response to food insecurity: Need for improving post harvest management and infrastructure so as to meet market demand identified as key constraints to staple crop value chain development in Rwanda.

PHHS Strategy:

1. Facilitating market linkages: Ensuring producers, traders and other actors are linked to markets and have skills and infrastructure needed to take advantage of market timing and choice, thereby maximizing returns.

PHHS Strategy

2. Promoting investment: Identifying potential investors and facilitating access to finance so as to promote private-sector investment in PH infrastructure and management.

PHHS Strategy

PHHS Strategy

3. Strengthening underlying resources for Post Harvest (PH) management:

Training on improved conditioning and storage techniques,

Provision of adequate and appropriate conditioning and primary storage infrastructure,

Appropriate technology equipment (threshing, winnowing)

Disseminating new techniques and technologies and addressing harvest and PH handling and quality issues that affect losses prior to and during storage,

PHHS Strategy

Value Chains Ranking

Where are we working? – Value chains

1. Rice

2. Maize

3. Beans

4. Cassava

5. Irish Potato

6. Wheat

7. Soya Beans

PHHS Regional Partners

USAID Market Linkages Initiative (MLI), based in Kenya

USAID COMPETE, based in Kenya

Corporate Council on Africa

PHHS Local Partners

MINAGRI (RADA, RSSP, ISAR)

WFP P4P

UGAMA CSC

ROPARWA

BAIR

RDO

Farmer organizations: cooperatives:

Akanyaru marshland maize coops (COAMANYA, COJYAMUGI, CCM Muganza)

P4P maize coops in Kirehe, Gatsibo & Nyagatare,

Rice coops in the Southern UCORIBU)

Irish Potatoes coops in the Northern

PHHS Private Sector Collaboration

Minimex – Prodev (East)

ICM Rice Mill

UCORIBU (South)

Maiserie de Mukamira(North)

Ese ENAS-Nkubili Alfred(East)

SOSOMA Industries (kigali)

COAMV (North)

Leveraging Local Investment Finances

BNR (Agricultural Guarantee Fund)

Banque Populaire du Rwanda

BRD

Urwego Opportunity Bank

AMIR (CAF ISONGA, CLECAMs, etc)

RIF2

IFC

PHHS Finance & Investment Strategy

PHHS Financing Strategy

Thank you for working with PHHS

Project !

Rwanda USAID PHHS Project