Marie Grace Giramahoro IARD 4960 11/1/2017 Summer 2017 International Experience Reflection Paper I spent the entire summer in Rwanda where I worked with Agribusiness Focused Partnership Organization (AGRIFOP) for a period of six weeks. It was such an incredible experience as it allowed me to have an off campus learning experience relevant to my major. The first time I left Rwanda was back in August 2016 when I came here in the United States for studies. I had never been away from my family for such a long time, so it was very exciting to know that I would be doing my first internship experience in Rwanda, a country I was born and raised in. I arrived in Rwanda on the night of June 3, and started my internship a week after. On my first day of work, my co-workers were very welcoming, and helped me adjust to the office culture. The CEO presented me with the and semi-annual reports of the organization’s profile, second phase of the RADD (Rwanda Agro Dealer Development ) project to have an idea of the kind of projects they have been/ are involved in. AGRIFOP, in a brief summary, is a organization that was established in 2012 with an objective of improving food security and livelihoods in developing transitional rural markets in Rwanda, strengthening the market processes as well as empowering rural Rwandan farmers to create wealth and improve their livelihoods by transforming subsistence agriculture to market oriented agriculture. In May 2014, AGRIFOP received a grant from Alliance for a Green Revolution for Africa (AGRA) to implement the second phase of the Rwanda Agro Dealer Development (RADD) project.The first phase had been implemented by International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC). It was a three years project, which began in January 2010 and ended in May 2013. It contributed to the intensification of agriculture in Rwanda by increasing the availability, accessibility and affordability of quality agro-inputs (seeds, fertilizers and crop protection products, or CPPs) through an extensive network of agro-dealers. The RADD II began in 2014, and ended in April 2017, and its contribution was to further strengthen and intensify the activities of the agro dealer networks, focusing particularly in the Southern and Eastern provinces of Rwanda. The project’s goal was to contribute towards increasing and smallholder farmers’ agricultural productivity
Marie Grace Giramahoro IARD 4960 11/1/2017 Summer 2017 International Experience Reflection Paper I spent the entire summer in Rwanda where I worked with Agribusiness Focused Partnership Organization (AGRIFOP) for a period of six weeks. It was such an incredible experience as it allowed me to have an off campus learning experience relevant to my major. The first time I left Rwanda was back in August 2016 when I came here in the United States for studies. I had never been away from my family for such a long time, so it was very exciting to know that I would be doing my first internship experience in Rwanda, a country I was born and raised in. I arrived in Rwanda on the night of June 3, and started my internship a week after. On my first day of work, my co-workers were very welcoming, and helped me adjust to the office culture. The CEO presented me with the organization’s profile, and semi-annual reports of the second phase of the RADD (Rwanda Agro Dealer Development ) project to have an idea of the kind of projects they have been/ are involved in. AGRIFOP, in a brief summary, is a organization that was established in 2012 with an objective of improving food security and livelihoods in developing transitional rural markets in Rwanda, strengthening the market processes as well as empowering rural Rwandan farmers to create wealth and improve their livelihoods by transforming subsistence agriculture to market oriented agriculture. In May 2014, AGRIFOP received a grant from Alliance for a Green Revolution for Africa (AGRA) to implement the second phase of the Rwanda Agro Dealer Development (RADD) project.The first phase had been implemented by International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC). It was a three years project, which began in January 2010 and ended in May 2013. It contributed to the intensification of agriculture in Rwanda by increasing the availability, accessibility and affordability of quality agro-inputs (seeds, fertilizers and crop protection products, or CPPs) through an extensive network of agro-dealers. The RADD II began in 2014, and ended in April 2017, and its contribution was to further strengthen and intensify the activities of the agro dealer networks, focusing particularly in the Southern and Eastern provinces of Rwanda. The project’s goal was to contribute towards increasing smallholder farmers’ agricultural productivity and