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Gérardine Mukeshimana (born 10 December 1970) is a Rwandan scientist and politician who served as Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources from July 2014 until 2 March 2023. She was appointed Vice-President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised agency of the United Nations, in July 2023 and took up the post on 28 August 2023.
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“When you look at how agriculture is affected by floods, by droughts, by crop and livestock diseases, the impact is really alarming—especially for small-scale farmers who have contributed the least to climate change.”
“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.”
the world’s food while facing disproportionate impacts from climate change and economic instability,”
"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,”
"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,”
“China's experience in transforming rural livelihoods is a powerful testament to what is possible in rural development. Our partnership, particularly through the successful IFAD-China SSTC Facility, is critical to building resilient agrifood systems worldwide,”
The supply chain disruptions are cutting off farmers’ access to markets to both purchase inputs – such as seeds, veterinary medicines, and equipment – and sell their products both domestically and as exports. The result: farmers’ expenses rise as their income drops.”
“While exact volume losses over the past 40 days vary by commodity and route, evidence from IFAD investments points to significant shipment delays, curtailed exports and cascading market effects, from reduced planting to distorted farm-gate prices and declining rural incomes.”
“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.”
"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,”
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,”
"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,”
“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.”
“multilateral development banks must shift from being just funders to system builders, working alongside governments, public development banks, the private sector, and rural communities to build an ecosystem of scalable investment opportunities.”
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