CIRCULAR FOOD SYSTEMS FOR RWANDA
The Circular Food Systems for Rwanda program aims to transform Rwanda’s food system by 2024, to be more circular and sustainable.
Food is fundamental to our health, environment, society and economy, but today’s food system is wasteful, resource-intensive and polluting.
Roughly one-third of food produced globally is lost or wasted, which amounts to about 1.3 billion tons per year. Meanwhile, 800 million people worldwide don’t have enough to eat.
Building a circular economy for food, while operating within planetary boundaries, will be crucial to supporting the world’s growing population—an expected 9.7 billion people by 2050.
1/3 of Food Gets Lost or Wasted in Rwanda
The industrialization of agriculture has led to over 75% of food coming from just 12 plants and five animal species.
To meet future food demands, it is vital that we change what we grow and how we grow it through a wider variety of regenerative agricultural options.
2The industrialization of agriculture has led to over 75% of food coming from just 12 plants and five animal species.
To meet future food demands, it is vital that we change what we grow and how we grow it through a wider variety of regenerative agricultural options.
3The industrialization of agriculture has led to over 75% of food coming from just 12 plants and five animal species.
To meet future food demands, it is vital that we change what we grow and how we grow it through a wider variety of regenerative agricultural options.
4The industrialization of agriculture has led to over 75% of food coming from just 12 plants and five animal species.
To meet future food demands, it is vital that we change what we grow and how we grow it through a wider variety of regenerative agricultural options.
5The industrialization of agriculture has led to over 75% of food coming from just 12 plants and five animal species.
To meet future food demands, it is vital that we change what we grow and how we grow it through a wider variety of regenerative agricultural options.
How will this program foster the growth of circular food practices in Rwanda?
Circular Food Systems for Rwanda aims to put these principles into practice. A development fund that will provide technical assistance to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in implementing a circular business model or improving upon their current practices. At the same time, the project aims to create an enabling policy environment to catalyze system transformation.
Learn More About How the Program Will Work
Realizing the goal of building a circular economy is a team effort.
Circular Food Systems for Rwanda is a partnership between several regional and global organizations.
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