Horticulture is one of the strategic areas that Rwanda wants to expand to increase its agriculture export base, hoping to generate $1 billion in annual foreign agricultural revenues by 2024. This is more than double about $445 million it registered in the last fiscal year.
That is why the country targets to raise its horticulture (fruits, vegetables and flowers) export earnings from the current over $28.79 million in the fiscal year 2020-2021 to $130 million exports by 2024 (or a contribution of 13 per cent of the total projected agricultural export revenues), according to data from the National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB).
The IDH was created in 2008 by the Government of The Netherlands, and today, it is financed by several governments in Europe; among others, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Denmark.
Since 2017, it has been working on [agriculture] value chain development in Rwanda. The intervention is based on access to affordable finance, business development and technical support, and access to the market.
Specifically in Rwanda, the IDH has been working with seven Rwandan horticulture exporters who are producing anything from avocado, passion fruits, chilli and [French] beans. This is intended to increase exports and find buyers in the European market (premium buyers) including the UK, The Netherlands, France and most recently, Dubai and Qatar.
Source: newtimes.co.rw
