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IFAD in Rwanda: voices from the field

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Microenterprise, an alternative culture

From the outside, it looks like a little house by the side of the road, like so many others, except for the sign painted over the entrance that reads Umubano Restaurant. A restaurant it is not, however, much less a house like any other. A little notice board indicates its real function: Bistrot Chez Bizarete, selling banana wine and passion fruit juice.

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Coffee from Rwanda: savouring a dream

From April to the end of June, the Sakara coffee washing station in Rwanda’s province of Kibungo, bustles with activity. Coffee-growers in the nine surrounding areas come to weigh their crops. For the 845 members of Iakab, the association that manages the washing station, it is the beginning of a fruitful season.

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Statistics
Projects: 14

Total cost:
US$334.9 million

Approved IFAD loan:
US$197.8 million

Directly benefiting:
501,900 households
Contact Information

Lorenzo Coppola
Country Programme Manager
Via Paolo di Dono, 44
Rome, Italy
Work: +39 0654592066
Fax: +39 0654593066
l.coppola@ifad.org

Aimable Ntukanyagwe
Country Programme Officer
P.O Box 1502
Kigali, Rwanda
Work: +250252583733
a.ntukanyagwe@ifad.org

Christian Rusengo Hakiba
Associate Professional Officer
c.hakiba@ifad.org