Rwanda Post-Harvest Handling and Storage Project (PHHS): PHHS Investment

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Rwanda Post-Harvest Handling and Storage Project
(PHHS) PHHS Investment Finance Strategy
Prepared by Alice Kwizera PHHS Investment
Finance Manager
December 9th - 10th , 2010 Kigali,
Rwanda
APF - IPER Annual Meeting
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PHHS Team and Focus

• Implementing Organizations
• PHHS Project
• Targeted Value Chains
• Effective Dates

• CARANA Corporation ACDI/VOCA
• Post Harvest Handling Storage Project
• Maize, Wheat, Rice, Beans and Soya Beans, Cassava
  and Irish Potato
• 9/15/2009 3/15/2012

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WHY PHHS for Staple Crops? PHHS Strategy

• WHY PHHS for Staple Crops?
• In response to food insecurity Need for
  improving post harvest management and
  infrastructure so as to meet market demand
  identified as key constraints to staple crop
  value chain development in Rwanda.
• PHHS Strategy
• 1. Facilitating market linkages Ensuring
  producers, traders and other actors are linked to
  markets and have skills and infrastructure needed
  to take advantage of market timing and choice,
  thereby maximizing returns.

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PHHS Strategy
PHHS Strategy

• 2. Promoting investment Identifying potential
  investors and facilitating access to finance so
  as to promote private-sector investment in PH
  infrastructure and management.

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PHHS Strategy
PHHS Strategy

• 3. Strengthening underlying resources for Post
  Harvest (PH) management
• Training on improved conditioning and storage
  techniques,
• Provision of adequate and appropriate
  conditioning and primary storage infrastructure,
• Appropriate technology equipment (threshing,
  winnowing)
• Disseminating new techniques and technologies and
  addressing harvest and PH handling and quality
  issues that affect losses prior to and during
  storage,

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Where are we working? Value chains
Value Chains Ranking

1. Rice
2. Maize
3. Beans
4. Cassava
5. Irish Potato
6. Wheat
7. Soya Beans

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PHHS Regional Partners

• USAID Market Linkages Initiative (MLI), based in
  Kenya
• USAID COMPETE, based in Kenya
• Corporate Council on Africa

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PHHS Local Partners

• MINAGRI (RADA, RSSP, ISAR)
• WFP P4P
• UGAMA CSC
• ROPARWA
• BAIR
• RDO
• Farmer organizations cooperatives
• Akanyaru marshland maize coops (COAMANYA,
  COJYAMUGI, CCM Muganza)
• P4P maize coops in Kirehe, Gatsibo Nyagatare,
• Rice coops in the Southern UCORIBU)
• Irish Potatoes coops in the Northern

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PHHS Private Sector Collaboration

• Minimex Prodev (East)
• ICM Rice Mill
• UCORIBU (South)
• Maiserie de Mukamira(North)
• Ese ENAS-Nkubili Alfred(East)
• SOSOMA Industries (kigali)
• COAMV (North)

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Leveraging Local Investment Finances

• BNR (Agricultural Guarantee Fund)
• Banque Populaire du Rwanda
• BRD
• Urwego Opportunity Bank
• AMIR (CAF ISONGA, CLECAMs, etc)
• RIF2
• IFC

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PHHS Financing Strategy
PHHS Finance Investment Strategy
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Rwanda USAID PHHS Project
Thank you for working with PHHS Project !