📋 Tender Overview
According to the newly approved National Strategy of Transformation - NST2 (2024–2029), reducing stunting and malnutrition comes among the top five priorities of the government of Rwanda (GoR) with an ambitious target of reducing child stunting from 33% to 15% by 2029. Thus, Switzerland’ support to GAIN and the collaboration with different actors across the health and food sectors: GoR, private sector and farmers assures stimulating production, access, affordability and consumption of desirable nutritious and safe foods.
Country/region Topic Period Budget
Rwanda
Agriculture & food security
Health
Agricultural services & market
Food safety and quality
Health education
01.12.2024 - 31.12.2027
CHF 3’750’000
The project in brief
Background For decades, the population of Rwanda is battling with a triple burden of malnutrition (undernutrition, overnutrition and multiple micro nutrients deficiency) with child stunting at the forefront. The recent Demographic Health Survey (RDHS 2019/2020) showed that nationally one out of three children are currently stunted in Rwanda. Despite many efforts put in place to reduce child stunting, for the past 15 years (2005 – 2020), there have been less than 20% reduction; only a slight change from 52% to 33%.
Objectives The overall goal of this programme1 is to support the efforts of Government of Rwanda (GoR) in implementing national nutrition strategies (PSTA5, HSSP5) and contribute to achieving NST2 target of reducing child stunting to 15% by 2029.
Target groups On one side, government (mainly Office of the Prime Minister, MINAGRI; NCDA, RBC/MCCH), private sector actors, MSMEs, cooperatives of small holder farmers. On the other side, almost 2’000’000 population in the five districts of intervention (Rusizi, Karongi, Nyamasheke, Rutsiro, Nyabihu) including 800’000 most vulnerable under-2 years children, pregnant and lactating mothers.
Medium-term outcomes
Micro level: Promote consumption of nutritious food and improved health dietary behaviours among most vulnerable population including under-2 years children, pregnant and lactating mothers and contribute to reducing child stunting.
Meso level: Empower & transform supply value chains (from input/production to retail) of eggs, biofortified beans, fruit and fortified foods for sustainability, thus stimulate production, accessibility and affordability of desirable safe, and nutritious foods.
Macro level: Create policy enabling environment, ensure improved, enhanced and more coherent food policies, standards, regulations and systems.
Results Expected results:
Increase the consumption of iron-rich foods and fruits among vulnerable population,
Support comprehensive supply chain of eggs, HIB, Fruit, LSFF in communities
Support coordination of nutrition and availability of nutrition data at national level
Enhance regulatory framework for mandatory large-scale fortification.
Results from previous phases: Over the years, SDC funded different nut
