Rwanda: Cost effective options for inclusive and sustainable development

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dc.creatorAragie, Emerta A.
dc.creatorNiyonsingiza, Josue
dc.creatorThurlow, James
dc.creatorWarner, James
dc.creatorXu, Valencia Wenqian
dc.date2025-05-07
dc.date2025-05-07T15:12:40Z
dc.date2025-05-07T15:12:40Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:18:16Z
dc.descriptionIn this policy brief, we present research findings of a systematic evaluation and ranking of investment options for Rwanda’s agrifood system based on their cost-effectiveness in achieving multiple devel opment outcomes, including agrifood gross domestic product (GDP) growth, agrifood job creation, poverty reduction, declining rates of undernourishment, and lowering diet deprivation. Additionally, the study assesses their environmental footprint, focusing on water consumption, land use, and emissions. Investments in small and medium enterprise (SME) processors are shown to be the most cost-effective at expanding agrifood GDP and employment, while extension and advisory services on livestock and climate emerge as the most efficient farmer-facing investments. However, crop ex tension services rank least in cost-effectiveness for economic and social outcomes. However, many cost-effective investments have relatively high environmental footprints, which highlights potential tradeoffs. The study further reveals shifts in the cost-effectiveness ranking of investment options overtime and when extreme production shocks occur.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/174468
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/100546
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAragie, Emerta; Niyonsingiza, Josue; Thurlow, James; Warner, James; and Xu, Valencia Wenqian. 2025. Rwanda: Cost effective options for inclusive and sustainable development. Agrifood Investment Prioritization Country Series Brief 2. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174468
dc.subjectagrifood sector
dc.subjectsustainable development
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectenvironmental impact
dc.titleRwanda: Cost effective options for inclusive and sustainable development
dc.typeBrief

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