{"id":16730,"date":"2026-06-20T12:52:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/cialca-boosting-livelihoods-in-rwanda\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:49:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:49:02","slug":"cialca-boosting-livelihoods-in-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/cialca-boosting-livelihoods-in-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"CIALCA \u2013 boosting livelihoods in Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"Last week, Rwanda\u2019s leading English daily\u2014the NewTimes cited IITA\u2019s progressive research on banana as a factor helping households and farmers to meet up with their financial and nutritional needs.\n<div id=\"attachment_2441\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 880px\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/823_photo.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2441\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/823_photo.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Rusanganwa in his banana farm in Rukara Sector, Kayonza District. \/ Jean d\u2019Amour Mbonyinshuti.\" width=\"880\" height=\"592\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2441\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rusanganwa in his banana farm in Rukara Sector, Kayonza District. \/ Jean d\u2019Amour Mbonyinshuti.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nIt featured the stories of how the IITA-led Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa\u00a0 (<a title=\"Visit CIALCA website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cialca.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CIALCA<\/a>) project had transformed the lives of Eugene Rusanganwa\u2014a traditional farmer who was associated with poor farming practices resulting in low yields and Alice Kabanyana, a poor mother of three children.\n\nBefore the project\u2019s intervention, these farmers said they could not provide basic amenities for their households but thanks to the project, Rusanganwa is now able to afford a health insurance scheme, educate his children as well as provide for his family. Kabanyana\u2019s family now also lives well with an assured bounteous banana yield from her small farm.\n\nCIALCA is also helping the entire Rukara Sector in Kayonza District in Rwanda\u00a0and indeed central Africa to overcome the challenges posed by diseases and drought as well as promoting supporting activities such as training on how to improve nutrition and health.\n\n<a title=\"Read story on &apos;How improved banana growing has boosted livelihood in Kayonza&apos;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/section\/read\/213187\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the full story on \u201cHow improved banana growing has boosted livelihood in Kayonza\u201d<\/a>.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Rwanda\u2019s leading English daily\u2014the NewTimes cited IITA\u2019s progressive research on banana as a factor helping households and farmers to meet up with their financial and nutritional needs.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":16731,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[1922],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[40],"news-type":[],"hub":[62],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[195],"class_list":["post-16730","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cialcaconsortium-for-improving-agriculture-based-livelihoods-in-central-africaiita-news-no-2383rwanda","location-rwanda","hub-eastern-africa","item-year-195"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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