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Ongoing project

Women Engaged for Climate Resilience (FEREC)

Rwanda
Adapting to climate change
Date

January 2025 – January 2028

Budget

CAD $1,333,297

Ministry of the Environment, the Fight Against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks of Quebec, through the International Climate Cooperation Program (PCCI), with a contribution from CECI of CAD $333,297

Impact for

2,000

people directly and 30,000 indirectly

Implementation partners

ACORD Rwanda: Association for Cooperation and Research in Development, UR: University of Rwanda, Université Laval, New Innovation Technology Ltd

The Women Engaged for Climate Resilience in Rwanda (FEREC) project supports climate change adaptation for women farmers and their communities in part of the Akagera watershed, specifically in the Kirehe District, Gahara Sector, Eastern Province—considered the most vulnerable area in the country. In a context marked by high climate variability, recurring extreme weather events (droughts and floods), intense deforestation, and erosion, the project promotes the adoption of regenerative climate-smart agriculture practices by members of farming organizations.

The project also strengthens the capacity of these organizations to build a green, low-carbon, and climate-resilient economy. It aims to generate results across research and innovation, agro-climatic action, green economy development, and women’s climate leadership.

Objectives

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Increase the climate resilience of vulnerable women farmers and their communities in the Akagera watershed, Rwanda

Equip women farmers and their communities with theoretical and practical knowledge, as well as input support, to reduce their vulnerability to climate change.

Increase the adoption of innovative climate-smart regenerative agriculture solutions by members of farming organizations, especially women

Through local and empirical knowledge as well as technical innovations from research, women adopt agroecological practices that improve their resilience to climate change.

Improve the performance of farming organizations in building a climate-resilient green economy benefiting women

Farming organizations improve the sustainability of their services and enhance the profitability of agricultural value chains by integrating eco-friendly and low-carbon processes. Women members also take leadership in implementing mitigation and adaptation strategies.

Results that count

800

hectares of degraded land restored using innovative agroecological solutions

4

agricultural organizations supported in developing a green economy that is climate-resilient and benefits women

1,500

members of agricultural organizations directly reached through project activities

150

women champions trained in climate-smart regenerative agriculture

60

Women, including 30 young women, trained in gender-responsive leadership addressing agro-climatic and energy issues (with a focus on producing briquettes from kitchen food waste)

Our partners

Thank you to our financial, consortium and implementation partners, without whom this project would not be possible.

Mushimiyimana Ruth
Farmer, wife and mother of three children, living in Kabeza village, Muhamba cell, Gahara sector. She cultivates land in the Gahara sub-watershed for agricultural activities.

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