HortInvest Project for the
horticulture sector in
Rwanda
With the HortInvest project, IDH joined a consortium of organizations and private sector companies to further develop the horticulture sector in Rwanda.
In line with the Rwandan National Agricultural Export Development Board’s strategic plan to develop the Rwandan horticultural sector to meet domestic, regional and international export market demands, the Dutch Embassy in Rwanda committed financial support for the development of the Rwandan horticultural sector through the four-year project HortInvest until the end of 2021.
Further develop the horticulture sector in Rwanda
With the HortInvest project, IDH joined a consortium of organizations and private sector companies to further develop the horticulture sector in Rwanda. In line with the Rwandan National Agricultural Export Development Board’s strategic plan to develop the Rwandan horticultural sector to meet domestic, regional and international export market demands, the Dutch Embassy in Rwanda committed financial support for the development of the Rwandan horticultural sector through the four-year project HortInvest until the end of 2021.
First catchment for collective action
HortInvest is comprised of four components:
- Domestic and regional market development
- Nutrition and food security improvement
- Export Value Chain Development
Strengthening the enabling environment
IDH leads on component (3) Export VDC, and established a EUR 3 million fund to co-finance investments in horticultural export supply chains. IDH has been working with seven Rwandan SMEs through providing commercialization capacity, agri-business management capabilities, technical support and guidance and co-financing to enable access to premium export markets.
Increase in weekly horticulture export
Over a 15 month period, IDH has supported an increase in weekly horticulture export volumes from 10MT to 40MT, mainly to the Netherlands, UK, and France, and helped to establish crucial knowledge regarding export market requirements. In addition, significant systemic constraints in horticultural export value chains were addressed and improved, including cold storage and logistics capacity, air freight capacity and management and the availability of required agricultural inputs.
