Rwanda - Forest Investment Program (FIP) Development of Agroforestry for Sustainable Agriculture

The Project is part of Rwanda’s national forestry development efforts. For instance, the total naturally regenerating forest area of Rwanda has remained stable between 2010 and 2020 at about 126 000 ha while the planted forest area has increased from 138 000 ha to 150 000 ha, giving the net annual change of 12000 ha or 0.84% per annum. The Project will also consolidate achievements of the Bank’s recently ended (2018) Sustainable woodland management and natural forest restoration Project in the Southern province of Rwanda and other previous Bank projects. This is a Strategic Climate Fund (SCF) loan of USD 11.25 million and grant of USD 3.75 million to the Republic of Rwanda. The Project is conceived around 4 components: (i) Landscape restoration and stabilization; (ii) Improve rural community livelihoods through sustainable Agroforestry (AF) value chain developments; (iii) Institutional and Community Adaptive Skills for Agroforestry (AF) Development; (iv) Project management and coordination. This project primely contributes towards climate adaptation result. As such 100% of the total approval is attributed as climate finance, out of which 100% is adaptation finance.