#PSAC

The Promoting Smallholder Agro-export Competitiveness Project (PSAC) is a project implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) under the National Agricultural Export Development Board.
The project is co-financed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Rwanda (GoR). PSAC intends to be a transformative project focused on selected export-driven value chains (coffee, tea and various strategic commodities in the horticulture sector).
Its goal is to increase the competitiveness of agricultural export-driven value chains by promoting climate smart productivity-enhancing technologies, reducing post-harvest losses, developing infrastructure, utilizing climate-resilient agricultural practices, establishing backward and forward market linkages, improving quality control/assurance to ensure compliance with export market requirements, and leveraging a value chain approach to provide access to financial services. This project is an integrated value chain and rural development initiative. This strategy is anticipated to support smallholder-sensitive policy design and strengthen the leadership of women and young people.
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