{"id":14656,"date":"2026-06-20T12:36:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/aid-i-in-the-great-lakes-to-boost-the-delivery-of-technologies-to-farmers-in-burundi\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:23:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:23:01","slug":"aid-i-in-the-great-lakes-to-boost-the-delivery-of-technologies-to-farmers-in-burundi","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/aid-i-in-the-great-lakes-to-boost-the-delivery-of-technologies-to-farmers-in-burundi\/","title":{"rendered":"AID-I in the Great Lakes to boost the delivery of technologies to farmers in Burundi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iita.org\/index.php\/harnessing-scaling-partnerships-in-the-great-lakes-region-for-large-scale-impact\/\">The Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative in the Great Lakes Region (AID-I GLR)<\/a> was launched in Burundi as Kugwiza Project. Kugwiza means \u201cto increase\u201d in the local Kirundi language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_26080\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26080\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26080 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Kugwiza-Project-partners-and-stakeholders.jpg\" alt=\" Kugwiza Project partners and stakeholders during the launch.\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kugwiza Project partners and stakeholders during the launch.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgiar.org\/\">CGIAR<\/a>, the Government of Burundi, and the project donor Feed The Future through USAID, alongside scaling partners, development organizations, seed companies, farmers and farmer cooperatives, and other CGIAR Centers gathered in Bujumbura on 24 May to kick off the Kugwiza Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Burundi, 90% of the population lives in rural areas and depends almost exclusively on agriculture and livestock, representing about 40% of the GDP. Agriculture, therefore, remains a priority for the development of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kugwiza Project seeks to boost agriculture and enhance food and nutrition security in Burundi through the rapid large-scale adoption of proven technologies and innovations developed mainly by CGIAR and partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project collaborates with scaling partners operating in Burundi led by World Vision Burundi and Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration des Associations des Producteurs Agricoles pour le D\u00e9veloppement (CAPAD), development organizations, farmer cooperatives, and individual farmers to deliver improved agricultural technologies and innovations to farming households, henceforth support smallholder farmers increase production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iita.org\/index.php\/aid-i-in-the-great-lakes-to-boost-the-delivery-of-technologies-to-farmers-in-burundi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lire la suite<\/a><br><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative in the Great Lakes Region (AID-I GLR) was launched in Burundi as Kugwiza Project. 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