An initiative of The ResultBirashoboka Phase I
Improving household food security and nutrition through sustainable urban agriculture and family fruit gardening.
The resources already exist. Birashoboka puts them to work.
Rwanda has made remarkable progress, cutting national poverty from 39.8% to 27.4% and extreme poverty from 11.3% to 5.4% between 2017 and 2024 (NISR, 2024). Yet a serious urban public health challenge persists. In the City of Kigali, stunting rates range from 8.7% in Nyarugenge to 14.3% in Kicukiro and 16.0% in Gasabo (NISR, 2025), and a 2025 study found that 41.5% of households in Gasabo experience moderate to severe food insecurity.
The crisis is not primarily caused by a lack of resources. Land, organic waste, rainwater, walls, labour and local structures are available but under-used. The Kigali City Master Plan dedicates 22% of city land to agriculture, yet 2,294 hectares sit idle in dry seasons due to poor irrigation. 32% of rooftops and walls in Gasabo are suitable for urban agriculture, and 57.8% of households are willing to adopt rooftop or wall gardening.
Rwanda plans to grow its urban population from 18.4% in 2022 to 35% by 2035 and 70% by 2050. The gap is not scarcity; it is the recognition and maximization of existing resources.
Urban food security today
Improving household food security and nutrition through sustainable urban agriculture and family fruit gardening.
Project outcomes
- 7,000 households reachedIn Kigali and 6 secondary cities, trained in urban gardening, nutrition and food preparation.
- 3,500 children under fiveBenefiting from improved diets.
- 2,800 family fruit trees plantedFive per household.
- 50 hectares of idle urban landBrought back into production.
- 2,000 householdsUsing rainwater harvesting or drip irrigation for dry-season farming.
- 1,500 households earning extra incomeFrom selling surplus produce.
- 40% of beneficiariesReporting improved food security, and eating home-grown vegetables and fruits at least 3 days a week.
- 100 youth and graduatesTrained as urban farming champions, and 50 jobs created.
Get in touch
Speak to the Project Coordinator.