Baseline Survey Projet d’Appui aux Infrastructures Rurales de la Région du Bugesera

The PAIRB project was an initiative of the Government of Rwanda (GoR) funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB). The PAIRB Project was set to assist vulnerable smallholder farmers in the seven sectors; Gashora, Juru, Mwogo, Nyamata, Rweru, Rilima, and Mayange Sectors of Bugesera District to overcome food and income insecurity through a primary strategy of transfer of assets and skills and the promotion of market-oriented agriculture based on sustainable environmental practices.

The PAIRB interventions included the assistance of poor households with cows and goats, training in improved agricultural/livestock productivity and management and capacity building for farmers and institutions that would support sustainable extension services to farmers and marketing of farm produce.