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Innovative Delivery Models for Iron Beans Resulted in Adoption by an Estimated 442,000 Households in Rwanda

Since 2010, HarvestPlus, the Rwanda Agricultural Board (RAB), and CIAT have managed a successful iron bean delivery program in Rwanda. By the end of 2018, around 442,000 households were growing iron beans, with 15% of the population consuming them. Innovative seed certification facilitated quality s...

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Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health
Format: Case Study
Language:Inglés
Published: 2019
Subjects:
models
marketing
households
production
seeds
seed production
beans
quality
certification
iron
population
adoption
seed certification
scale
programmes
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121386
Summary:Since 2010, HarvestPlus, the Rwanda Agricultural Board (RAB), and CIAT have managed a successful iron bean delivery program in Rwanda. By the end of 2018, around 442,000 households were growing iron beans, with 15% of the population consuming them. Innovative seed certification facilitated quality seed production, while direct marketing and payback delivery models increased rapid adoption and reduced disadoption, respectively. In 2019, HarvestPlus co-established with RAB a platform to further scale delivery and handed over the program to RAB.

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