Republic of Rwanda - Country strategic opportunities programme 2019-2024

The overall COSOP objective is to reduce poverty by empowering poor rural men, women and youth to participate in the transformation of the agriculture sector and to enhance their resilience.

This objective will be achieved through action focusing on the following:

• Strategic objective 1: To sustainably increase agricultural productivity in priority food and export value chains.
• Strategic objective 2: To improve post-harvest processes and strengthen market linkages.
• Cross-cutting thematic areas: access to finance; improved nutrition; empowerment of women and youth; and natural resource management and climate change.