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Four pillars, one piece of work

Training raises questions. Research answers them. Digital tools carry the answers back to farmers. Young people take over the teaching. Pull one out and the rest gets weaker.

Pillar 01

Conservation agriculture

Rwanda farms on hills, and every heavy rain takes some of the topsoil with it. We train farmers in minimum tillage, mulching, cover crops and rotation, then keep coming back through the season until the practice holds.

  • Hands on training on ridging, spacing, mulching and compost
  • Demonstration plots farmers can walk into and dig themselves
  • Follow up visits across a full season, not one workshop
  • Farmer to farmer groups that carry on after we leave
How this works in the field
Two trainees using hoes to open planting furrows along a line of string while other participants watch from the edge of the plot.
Pillar 02

Digital agriculture

Almost every farmer we meet has a phone. So we use it. Weather notes, planting calendars, market prices and simple record keeping, in Kinyarwanda, through the channels people already check. No new app to download.

  • Planting and weather advice sent by SMS and WhatsApp
  • Record keeping simple enough to do on a feature phone
  • Training for extension staff and cooperative leaders
  • Field surveys that shorten the gap between a visit and a decision
How this works in the field
A farmer and two visitors looking together at a mobile phone screen at the edge of a field in the evening light.
Pillar 03

Youth and capacity building

Rwandan agriculture is young, and so is our approach. We run practical training for students and young farmers, then hand them the trainer role. This pillar also carries our community wellbeing work, including health support for households that need it.

  • Practical trainings for students and young farmers
  • Trainer of trainers, so the knowledge stays in the sector
  • Placements with our partner universities
  • Community wellbeing support, including health insurance cover
How this works in the field
A facilitator leading a practical session for a room of students in blue overalls seated around a demonstration table.
Pillar 04

Research

We work with Rwandan universities to measure what we do. Yields, soil, adoption, income. When something does not work we say so and change it, and the data goes back to the farmers who produced it.

  • Field trials designed and run with university partners
  • Baseline and follow up surveys on every programme
  • Student research placements and joint supervision
  • Findings shared with partners, districts and the farmers involved
How this works in the field
Six people standing under the entrance arch of the Catholic University of Rwanda, Taba Campus, after signing a memorandum of understanding.

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