Agriculture Value Chain Management & Trade Directorate
Number of planned staff: 10
- Director General (1)
- Animal Products Supply Chain and Market Analysts (2)
- Crop Products Supply Chain and Market Analyst (2)
- Animal Products Supply Chain and Market Specialists (2)
- Crop Products Supply Chain and Market Specialists (2)
Agriculture finance Specialist (1)
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Conduct analysis of policies, strategies, programs and projects to support evidence-based decision making in Agri-value chains;
- Ensure public investment is focused on key sector needs/bottlenecks to catalyse private sector investments
- Support crop and animal value chain actors to comply with market norms, standards and regulations;
- Monitor local and regional food prices;
- Undertake public-private dialogue and coordinate agriculture value chain platforms in collaboration with relevant institutions in the sector;
- Estimate agro-processors’ raw materials need based on existing utilization capacities on specific value chains;
- Develop short & long-term interventions to address identified crops & animal value chain bottlenecks;
- Collaborate with RCA in cooperative development and capacity building of cooperatives and farmer organizations in crop value chains;
- Collect data on supply and demand factors including production and aggregation volumes, price trends and consumptions, imports and exports.
Key Collaborators
- MINAGRI Directorates and agencies
- MINICOM & Agencies (RICA, RCA, RSB, NIRDA & FDA)
- Development partners & Research Institutions: World Bank, FAO, WFP, EU, IFPRI, KOIKA, JICA, USAID, IITA, and many more.
- PSF and Private Sector Companies in Agriculture
- Local & International NGOs
RAB
Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board
NAEB
National Agricultural Export Development Board