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AgriTech4Rwanda demo day: Scaling science-based solutions for climate-smart agriculture

Rwanda’s agriculture sector—responsible for roughly 25 % of national GDP and employing about 65 % of the population—faces mounting climate pressures. Erratic rainfall, soil degradation, and limited financial services threaten the livelihoods of smallholder farmers who make up more than 90 % of the country’s agricultural households. The AgriTech4Rwanda Innovation Challenge was created to help turn those risks into opportunities. View

AgriTech4Rwanda demo day: Scaling science-based solutions for climate-smart agriculture

Rwanda’s agriculture sector—responsible for roughly 25 % of national GDP and employing about 65 % of the population—faces mounting climate pressures. Erratic rainfall, soil degradation, and limited financial services threaten the livelihoods of smallholder farmers who make up more than 90 % of the country’s agricultural households. The AgriTech4Rwanda Innovation Challenge was created to help turn those risks into opportunities.

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