Rwanda strengthens agricultural research with Danforth
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on The New Times (Rwanda)
Rwanda is partnering with the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center to strengthen agricultural research, innovation and climate-adapted techniques. The cooperation includes joint research, knowledge transfers and training agricultural scientists, according to Rwanda’s agriculture ministry.
Cooperation between the Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture (RICA), a Rwandan agricultural conservation research centre, and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center will focus on crop improvement, sustainable agricultural technologies, knowledge exchange and training agricultural scientists, according to The New Times Rwanda.
Rwanda’s Minister of State for Agriculture, Solange Uwituze, said the country was seeking to develop and commercialise innovations suited to its needs rather than only importing agricultural technologies. The partnership is part of the Rwanda Food Innovation Partnership, which brings together RICA and the Danforth Centre, among others, and aims to bring research institutes, universities, technology companies, investors and farmers closer together. Rwanda has about 2.2 million agricultural households, representing 65.3% of all households, according to the 2024 agricultural survey by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda.
