USAID high-level visit commends AID-I Great Lakes work in Rwanda

30 August 2024, Rwamagana District, Rwanda – The Assistant to the Administrator for the Bureau for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security (REFS) at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Deputy Coordinator for Development of Feed the Future, Dina Esposito, led a delegation comprising Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) President Dr Agnes Kalibata, USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security Chief Scientist Dr Rob Bertram, IITA Country Representative and Chief of Party of the Great Lakes Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative Rapid Delivery Hub (AID-I Great Lakes) Abdou (Matieyedou) Konlambigue, and Rwamagana District Mayor Mbonyumuvunyi Radjab to visit some of AID-I Great Lakes Project’s sites in Rwanda to assess firsthand the progress being made to enhance Rwanda’s seed systems.

The visitors directly engaged with scaling partners, including Emma Uwera, a seed entrepreneur and owner of I&J Harvest Ltd, and other agrodealers. They were also shown the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB) seed certification processes.

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