The Importance of Agrologistics for Global Agricultural Trade – Insights from Rwanda’s Reefer Container Trial Shipments of Avocado
Global agricultural markets remain elusive to many farmers due to inadequate infrastructure and poor agrologistics systems. According to the FAO, approximately 13% of all food produced globally is lost between…
A significant portion, estimated at 30-40%, of horticultural produce in Rwanda goes to waste, lost during harvesting, post-harvest handling, storage, and transportation from farms to…
Optimising Avocado Export Logistics: Second Sea Freight Trial Shipment to the Netherlands
H.E Joan Wiegman, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Rwanda, stood alongside Mr. Jean Marie Vianney Munyaneza, Head of Division Export…
Visiting a Successful Horticulture Export Project Farm in Rwanda
IDH Rwanda hosts a delegation of the German Development Cooperation to showcase achievements of its Horti-Export project In late April 2023, IDH Rwanda hosted a delegation of…
Horti-Export Phase 2 to further Rwanda’s horticulture exports
The first phase of the Horti-Export project contributed significantly to Rwanda’s horticultural export growth by expanding its market base, and its second phase will further increase such gains, sector actors…
Africa Improved Foods (AIF) is a public-private partnership involving Royal DSM, Government of Rwanda, IFC, CDC Group and FMO. AIF provides solutions to malnutrition via local production of highly nutritious…
SDM Case Study: Taylors of Harrogate & Dormans, Rwanda
C Dorman Rwanda Ltd (Dormans) sources, processes and sells / exports green coffee to domestic and international buyers. All the coffee cherries processed comes directly from smallholder farmers and Dormans…
Enabling Rwandan fresh produce exporters access international markets
We have seen that COVID-19 is leading the disruption of global supply chain flows, and due to limited shelf life, fresh produce supply chains are less adaptable to supply chain…