FAO-ILRI Regional Training Workshop on proven Livestock
Technologies, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 3-5 December 2018
Mutamba Jane (Rwandan Farmers Federation) and Musemakweli
John (National Cooperatives Confederation of Rwanda)
Technology Transfer Process For Rwandan
Cooperatives

ASSIGNMENT:
To highlight country Technology
transfer process, adoption and
sustainability in agriculture and
livestock value chains production
systems

THE BENEFITS OF THE APPROACH
 Commodity Value chain specific
 Responds to farmer’s needs ( pull effect)
 Involves community model farmers as trustworthy learning
sites
 Involves relevant stakeholders acting along the commodity
value chains
 Lead by farmer organizations during implementation
 Creates an environment of total responsibility to all
involved parties
 The process is participatory and based on local responses
on technology under review

BENEF. CONT
 Shared resources
 No duplication of activities and available resources
 Planning is collectively done based on identified
resources
 Outputs are easily measured and appreciated by the
receiving beneficiaries
 Monitoring and evaluation for obvious indicators
easily measured
 Chronological reporting of technology transfer
process carried out with easy

Modes Operandi:
 The process of technology transfer in Rwanda is basically a function
of both the private and public sector (partnership in most of the
agricultural and livestock production value chain systems).
 In principle, the ministry responsible for trade and industry is held
responsible on market and marketing responses for agriculture and
livestock finished products.
 However, the cooperatives have taken the responsibility to advance
their advocacy campaigns on formulation and development of policies
that enhance and promote improved production and marketing of
products at national and regional levels.

Tech Transfer cont
Step 2:
Identification of resource persons for
dissemination of the technology-up scalling
Step 3:
Mobilization of resources for technology
dissemination

CONT..
Step 4:
Identification and mobilization of partners and support organizations
Step 5:
Identification and selection of persons to undergo Training of trainers
course for technology dissemination
Step 6:
Awareness and information sharing amongst cooperative members
who are the beneficiaries of the technology

Step 7:
Selection of community mobilizers and elite opinion leaders to
undergo training.
Step 8:
 Training of farmer groups’ mobilizers and elite opinion
leaders through LFFs organized and conducted by
experts from the government institution acting in
partnership or in collaboration with cooperatives
management structures

 selection of peer farmers as model famers or contact farmers where
technology transfer experts would use their advanced stage of
technology adoption to demonstrate the effectiveness of the new
technology transferred to others
Step 9:
 Follow up of technology adoption and measuring its impact through
verifiable indicators in place. This is done by cooperative leadership
structures as well as implementing government and non-government
development support agents.

Contin
Step 10:
 Holistic assessment of technology perception
amongst users and value chain impact through;
• The cooperative management structures
• Implementing partners

 Thank you for your
technical support &
expertise
 Strong
acknowledgement to