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Scaling Up: Iron Beans Biofortification in Rwanda

Learn about the successful implementation of biofortified iron beans in Rwanda since 2010, reaching millions of farming households. Discover how agricultural approaches, supplementation, and fortification are improving nutrition and empowering women farmers. Explore the evidence supporting biofortification's cost-effective impact on dietary diversity and micronutrient status.

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Scaling Up: Iron Beans Biofortification in Rwanda

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  1. Scaling Up Biofortification: Iron Beans in RwandaBrussels Development Policy Briefing 41 20 May 2015 Lister Katsvairo, Rwanda Country Manager HarvestPlus

  2. Supplementation Fortification Dietary Diversity Agricultural Approaches

  3. Biofortification – the Evidence • Breeding increases nutrient levels without reducing yield • Extra nutrients in crops improve micronutrient status • Farmers are growing biofortified crops, and consumers are eating them • Biofortification is cost-effective: central, one-time investment

  4. HarvestPlus Target Countries and Crops More than 2 million farming households reached by 2014. Crops released are high-yielding with climate smart traits.

  5. Scaling Biofortified Crops Globally

  6. Which nutrients, crops, countries? http://bit.ly/HPlusBPI

  7. High Iron Beans in Rwanda • First varieties officially released in 2010 • Intensive dissemination began in March 2012 • Delivery Channels: • Agro-dealers • Farmer cooperatives • Churches & church Leaders • Direct marketing • Payback system • Seed swap

  8. Sharing seed – farmer to farmer

  9. Engaging Markets for Long-term Adoption

  10. Empowering women farmers

  11. Using Mass Media to Create Demand http://bit.ly/EatHealthyBeans

  12. Dissemination Since March 2012

  13. Some Key Partners Ministry of Agriculture/RAB Ministry of Health Ministry of Education IMBARAGA Rwanda Farmer Federation Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA/CIAT) Win-Win Agritech World Food Programme/P4P

  14. Toward a sustainable market-based solution Next Steps: • Scaling up through even more partners in the bean value chain -- private sector, NGOs, and multilaterals • Strengthening seed systems and market linkages • Reaching a critical, sustainable market share for iron beans • Introducing more biofortified crops/micronutrients, e.g., vitamin A maize • Generating/sharing evidence and lessons learned in scaling up, in Rwanda and with other countries

  15. Thank You! www.harvestplus.org

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