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“This project has helped to

put farmers in groups and to
collect their priorities which
In turn, TI-Rwanda invited and officials in Kayonza were submitted to the District
World Bank Global two other civil society District, Eastern Province, for their inclusion in Imihigo.
groups, Imbaraga (Federation
and Nyanza District, Southern
Partnership for of Farmers and Pastoralists Province. have helped farmers The process raised awareness
proactively identify their
of Rwanda), and SDA-
among farmers on their role
Social Accountability IRIBA (Associations for priorities and needs, and in participation in government
to improve interaction with
Development Service), both
district agriculture specialists.
with long experience in
rural development, to help programs. The top priority was
Written by GPSA team implement the project on the Early results from the projects to address issues related to the
are very encouraging. Officials
ground.
are responding positively to irrigation and we have already
Focusing on participatory farmers’ local knowledge by provided 11 water pumps to
he Global In 2017, GPSA planning and advocacy, the supplying inputs better suited facilitate irrigation. ”
Partnership partnered with TI- project is strengthening to their needs and going
Tfor Social Rwanda on a five- farmers’ participation in forward, the GPSA and TI-
Accountability (GPSA), year project that the planning, monitoring Rwanda team will look at how
housed at the World aims to address low and evaluation of district best to applying lessons learnt
Bank in Washington citizen participation performance contracts, to reach more farmers in other
D.C, constructively in policy planning, known as “Imihigo”. A series districts.
engages governments, monitoring and of forums among farmers
civil society actors evaluation of local and
and citizens, to national agricultural
create an enabling development plans in Agronomist of Kabale sector,
environment in which targeted districts. Like Kayonza Districtt
citizen feedback other GPSA projects “Community mobilization is
is used to solve in 27 countries, the energized when people learn that
fundamental problems overall objective is to their own actions can help improve
in service delivery strengthen capacities service delivery, and when they are
and to strengthen the and systems for armed with information to make
performance of public citizen engagement clear demands for services to which
institutions. in the national policy they are entitled,” said GPSA
processes. manager, Jeff Thindwa.

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