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Gérardine Mukeshimana
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“Rwanda’s agriculture sector has shown resilience in the face of the pandemic. However, the sector will need the right push to realise its full potential.”
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“I am thrilled to join IFAD and amplify the global call to invest in small-scale farmers and to keep focus on making global and local food systems more sustainable, resilient and equitable for the people who work in them and feed the world.”
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Recorded in: African leader Gerardine Mukeshimana joins UN rural development agency IFAD as Vice-President International Fund for Agricultural Development , (August 28, 2023)
“As per my experience, I strongly believe that agriculture can be a thriving sector and play a key role in lifting rural populations out of hunger and poverty.”
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Recorded in: African leader Gerardine Mukeshimana joins UN rural development agency IFAD as Vice-President Further Africa, (August 30, 2023)
“The business of the farmer who grew and supplied chia seeds to the company’s warehouse is understandable, and we accept it,”
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Recorded in: No proof investors’ money went into chia farming - Mukeshimana The New Times (November 23, 2022)
“The Agriculture and Livestock sector is one of the most representatives in the country and has a strong weight on its economy; however, to really exploit its potential it is essential to invest.”
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Recorded in: Rwanda: Interview with Hon. Minister Gerardine Mukeshimana World Investment News, (March 26, 2015)
“Rwanda has a huge economic potential, great opportunities, and a good business environment, and so is the Agriculture Sector.”
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Recorded in: Rwanda: Interview with Hon. Minister Gerardine Mukeshimana World Investment News, (March 26, 2015)
“I urge Rwanda poultry business owners to take advantage of the presence of the captains of this industry, to establish lasting business partnerships to improve your respective poultry operations … To those that wish to start engaging in various poultry value chain business, this is your time.”
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Recorded in: Minister Mukeshimana Urges Poultry Farmers to “Learn From the Captains” AFRICA Press (7 october 2022 )
“Our country has made commendable progress in food security as it improved from 48 per cent in 2006 and reached to 81.3 per cent in 2018.”
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Recorded in: Rwanda has made tremendous steps to end food insecurity – Mukeshimana Kilimo news ( 2 November 2019 )
“It is not yet clear whether the money that investors gave to Akenes and Kernels Ltd to invest in chia seeds farming was used for that purpose.”
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Recorded in: No proof investors’ money went into chia farming – Mukeshimana Africa Press Arabic (24 November 2022)
“Horticulture is central in our current Government Program to fight against malnutrition and hidden hunger as it’s an important source for vitamins and micro-nutrients. Furthermore, the horticulture sub sector is one of the fastest growing among the contributors to Agriculture GDP.”
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“We have ambitious plans to keep growing the productivity of our lands to make sure that we can feed ourselves but also working hard so that whatever we’ve harvested doesn’t get lost.”
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Recorded in: WE HAVE AMBITIOUS PLANS TO KEEP GROWING THE PRODUCTIVITY OF OUR LANDS,” – MINISTER MUKESHIMANA MINAGRI ( 12 February 2019)
“The agriculture sector in our country has huge opportunities for wealth creation; that’s why I call on you to take advantages of these opportunities and make fortunes from farming activities.”
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Recorded in: MINISTER MUKESHIMANA URGES YOUTH TO PARTICIPATE IN AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT MINAGRI (18 December 2018 )
“Every farmer should embrace irrigation; and I pledge that the government will keep doing everything possible to support all farmers in irrigation wherever feasible.”
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“Embrace agriculture sector not because it is the backbone of our economies but, because it is its oxygen.”
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Recorded in: Minister Mukeshimana urges Africa youth to embrace agriculture MINAGRI ( 14 October 2022)
“This programme … is meant to help farmers and livestock rearers cope with climate change … to ensure that even when adverse conditions strike, they are not completely ruined.” (In context of introducing agricultural & livestock insurance schemes)”
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Recorded in: Minisiteri y’ubuhinzi yatangije ubwishingizi mu buhinzi n’ubworozi Kigali Today ( 24 April 2019)
“The agriculture sector is set to create employment, satisfy our food and nutrition needs by 2022, and reduce the poverty rates from 39.1% to 15% by 2024.”
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Recorded in: The 4th strategic plan for agriculture RATIN ( 27 February 2019 )
“The current 4th phase of the Strategic Plan for the Agriculture Transformation (PSTA4) … puts gender mainstreaming and women empowerment on the front of what’s being done along the whole agriculture value chain in Rwanda.”
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Recorded in: 4TH STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE TRANSFORMATION PUTS GENDER MAINSTREAMING ON THE FRONT – MINISTER MUKESHIMANA MINAGRI ( 19 July 2019)
“Investing in resilience is as urgent as addressing humanitarian needs. In the long run building resilience will save more lives and improve more livelihoods, and it is a sustainable solution.”
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Recorded in: IFAD Vice-President calls for strong leadership to address root causes of hunger and rural poverty at Berlin Agriculture Ministers’ Conference IFAD ( 20 January 2024)
“To seize the huge opportunity that food systems transformation presents, we need to invest in the hundreds of millions of small-scale farmers, who produce one third of the world’s food and up to 70% of the food in low and middle-income countries. This is the only path to a food-secure and stable future, as well as the most cost-effective by far.”
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Recorded in: IFAD Vice-President calls for strong leadership to address root causes of hunger and rural poverty at Berlin Agriculture Ministers’ Conference IFAD (20 January 2024)
“In a year where close to half of the world’s population will go to polls, it is essential not to lose focus on medium-term investment.”
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Recorded in: IFAD Vice-President calls for strong leadership to address root causes of hunger and rural poverty at Berlin Agriculture Ministers’ Conference IFAD (20 January 2024)
“Investing in women means investing in sustainable development. The return on investment isn't just being able to beat poverty and inequality but building stronger institutions, economies and entire communities.”
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Recorded in: Investing in women and girls makes economic sense and accelerates progress for millions of people IFAD ( 7 March 2024)
“Over the past week, I have seen how IFAD and the Government of Bangladesh have worked together to empower small-scale farmers – especially women and youth - to adapt to climate change, increase their incomes, and produce more nutritious food for their communities.”
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Recorded in: IFAD deepens partnership with Bangladesh, opens new office to drive rural development IFAD ( 3 May 2024)
“The private sector plays a crucial role in driving investment and fostering innovation in agri-food systems.”
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Recorded in: IFAD and Japan partner with the private sector to boost small-scale producers’ coffee production in Tanzania IFAD (20 September 2024)
“In Africa, we continue to talk about the amount of Land in Africa, youth potential, agribusiness worth or opportunities etc but we have consistently failed to transform these potentials into food reaching the table of every African mouth.”
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“When you want to develop, you start with the strengths you already have. In Africa, those strengths are our land, our water, and most importantly, our people,”
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Recorded in: Africa’s food future depends on financing smallholders, youth and women – IFAD newTimes (September 09, 2026)
“The reason behind that is that at IFAD we support these types of first miles of the food systems, but we know that they are the ones who do not get access to finance and they are the ones that are hit hardest by the climate issues,”
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Recorded in: Africa’s food future depends on financing smallholders, youth and women – IFAD newTimes (September 09, 2026)
“Many of our farmers, our cooperatives, our SMEs don't know how to engage with the banks, they don't know how to keep their accounts or build the cases that can make it to the banking industry,”
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Recorded in: Africa’s food future depends on financing smallholders, youth and women – IFAD newTimes (September 09, 2026)
“We want it to be a learning opportunity so when this one finishes, Equity Bank can go in alone without having all of us behind it,”
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Recorded in: Africa’s food future depends on financing smallholders, youth and women – IFAD newTimes (September 09, 2026)
“We are putting all the tools that are needed for the financial sector to succeed, but also for the farmers and the farmers' organizations also to succeed,”
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Recorded in: Africa’s food future depends on financing smallholders, youth and women – IFAD newTimes (September 09, 2026)
“You will find that you have small companies. Many of them don't break through. And they don't transform the economy because they remain very small for long,”
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Recorded in: Africa’s food future depends on financing smallholders, youth and women – IFAD newTimes (September 09, 2026)
“They have their brains, they have their energy,”
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Recorded in: Africa’s food future depends on financing smallholders, youth and women – IFAD newTimes (September 09, 2026)
“But young people and the banks do not know each other.”
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Recorded in: Africa’s food future depends on financing smallholders, youth and women – IFAD newTimes (September 09, 2026)
“At IFAD, we believe these farmers are not only essential, they are investable,”
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Recorded in: Africa’s food future depends on financing smallholders, youth and women – IFAD newTimes (September 09, 2026)
“The future of food belongs to Africa if we empower smallholder farmers, youth and women and connect them to markets and the wider food ecosystem,”
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Recorded in: Africa’s food future depends on financing smallholders, youth and women – IFAD newTimes (September 09, 2026)
“Our role as a public institution is to push that blending,”
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Recorded in: Africa’s food future depends on financing smallholders, youth and women – IFAD newTimes (September 09, 2026)
“Come in with the concessional public money so that we can be able to attract the private money.”
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Recorded in: Africa’s food future depends on financing smallholders, youth and women – IFAD newTimes (September 09, 2026)
“The trillion market of agribusinesses, it's an order number that everyone says. But I think it needs to get from speeches of potentials into the outcomes. There is a long way between the potential and the real thing, the food and that road needs to be navigated correctly and smartly,”
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Recorded in: Africa’s food future depends on financing smallholders, youth and women – IFAD newTimes (September 09, 2026)
“Approximately 60 per cent of IFAD core resources are invested here in Africa. And at this forum together with our partners, we are launching a 200 million US dollar blended facility to expand climate adaptation financing for farmers in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda,”
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Recorded in: Rwanda to benefit from $200m facility for climate adaptation in agriculture newTimes (September 03, 2026)
“Public resources must be used strategically to remove constraints, to reduce risk and to unlock the private sector capital,”
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Recorded in: Rwanda to benefit from $200m facility for climate adaptation in agriculture newTimes (September 03, 2026)
“Our own in-fact evidence has shown us that projects with a private sector participation generate income gains of over 64 percent, that is four times greater than those without the private sector,”
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Recorded in: Rwanda to benefit from $200m facility for climate adaptation in agriculture newTimes (September 03, 2026)
“By combining finance, risk sharing facilities, technical assistance, these partnerships will expand access to credit for rural enterprises, small scale farmers and particularly, as many have mentioned, for young people and women,”
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Recorded in: Rwanda to benefit from $200m facility for climate adaptation in agriculture newTimes (September 03, 2026)
“We support infrastructure, we support processing, we support logistics, we support digital services, skills and more importantly finance. They connect producers to markets. They create value locally and open opportunities for Africa's innovators and entrepreneurs.”
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Recorded in: Rwanda to benefit from $200m facility for climate adaptation in agriculture newTimes (September 03, 2026)
“Africa is already demonstrating that the food system transformation is within our reach. What is needed is the scale; what is needed is the speed and what is needed is quality of investments to make the transformation irreversible,”
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Recorded in: Rwanda to benefit from $200m facility for climate adaptation in agriculture newTimes (September 03, 2026)
“The significance of Farmers' Organizations Financing Programme – Rwanda represents a broader shift towards innovative financing solutions. Innovation goes beyond technology; it is also about finance, institutions, partnerships and entrepreneurship,”
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Recorded in: IFAD, Bank of Kigali seal $21m deal to unlock finance for farmers’ organisations newTimes (September 07, 2026)
“FOFP-R is expected to reduce risk, attract additional investment and expand opportunities for rural entrepreneurs, farmers' organisations and small-scale producers.”
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Recorded in: IFAD, Bank of Kigali seal $21m deal to unlock finance for farmers’ organisations newTimes (September 07, 2026)
“Through this partnership with IFAD, Bank of Kigali is bringing innovative, inclusive financing solutions to the people who need them most combining capital with the technical support these organizations need to strengthen their governance and financial systems,”
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Recorded in: IFAD, Bank of Kigali seal $21m deal to unlock finance for farmers’ organisations newTimes (September 07, 2026)
“This is what innovation in banking should look like: not just new products, but new ways of reaching the farmers who power Rwanda's economy,”
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Recorded in: IFAD, Bank of Kigali seal $21m deal to unlock finance for farmers’ organisations newTimes (September 07, 2026)
“Africa’s rural economies cannot absorb this level of pressure alone.”
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Recorded in: Opinion: Africa’s Response to the Coming Food Crisis Requires Partnership and Ambition at the First Mile talk Africa ( June 5, 2026)
“This moment demands African leadership, partnership, and ambitious investment.”
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Recorded in: Opinion: Africa’s Response to the Coming Food Crisis Requires Partnership and Ambition at the First Mile talk Africa ( June 5, 2026)
“Governments, multilateral banks, and the private sector must work together at the first mile, where investments can deliver the highest economic and social returns.”
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Recorded in: Opinion: Africa’s Response to the Coming Food Crisis Requires Partnership and Ambition at the First Mile talk Africa ( June 5, 2026)