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Green Gicumbi project boosts farm yields and lifts households out of poverty in Gicumbi

In the past five years, farmers in Gicumbi District say they were severely affected by soil erosion, which continuously washed away fertile soil, leading to low agricultural production, recurring food insecurity, and persistent poverty.

One of the farmers from Cyumba Sector, Nyiramana Odette, says that like many others, she used to farm without meaningful harvests because her fields were located on steep slopes that were highly vulnerable to erosion.

She explains that most of her crops were repeatedly destroyed before maturity, leaving her household trapped in cycles of poverty and hunger.
Today, however, she says that situation has changed significantly following the Green Gicumbi project, which introduced bench terraces that transformed farming practices in the area.

“Before, I could harvest only about 50 kilograms from my field. Now I harvest more than 200 kilograms because of the terraces,” she said.
She added that improved soil conservation has also increased soil fertility and fertilizer retention, leading to better yields across all crops.
“We no longer face constant hunger. We are now food secure and can even sell surplus produce,” she said.
Beyond food security, Nyiramana says the project has improved her household income and living conditions, enabling her to pay school fees and afford basic needs.
“I used to be very poor and could not afford clothes. Now I can buy what I need and educate my children,” she said.
Farmers also note a shift in farming practices, from mixed cropping on fragmented plots to consolidated land use supported by terracing and crop rotation based on seasons.
“We used to mix crops like beans, maize and peas in one field. Now we cultivate a single selected crop and rotate depending on the season,” Nyiramana said.
Another farmer, Habubwenge Sébastien, also highlights significant productivity gains.
“Previously, we harvested around 100 kilograms of beans. Now we harvest up to 400 kilograms thanks to bench terraces,” he said. “We also grow fodder on terraces, which has improved livestock production and milk yields.”

Green Gicumbi is one of Rwanda’s major climate resilience initiatives aimed at addressing the impacts of climate change while promoting sustainable livelihoods. The project is implemented by the Rwanda Green Fund.
Project manager Kagenza Jean Marie Vianney says assessments conducted in 2018 identified Gicumbi District as one of the most climate-vulnerable areas in the country due to its mountainous terrain and severe soil erosion.
He explains that the project was designed to provide integrated solutions to land degradation while restoring ecosystems and strengthening community resilience.
Over the past six years, the project reports major achievements, including the construction of 1,450 hectares of terraces, agroforestry planting on nearly 10,000 hectares, and tree planting along 1,375 hectares of riverbanks and roadsides.
More than 25,000 people have also been trained in climate resilience and sustainable agriculture practices.
In addition, the project introduced hillside tea plantations on 50 hectares and coffee plantations on 40 hectares, both of which are now generating income for farmers.
The initiative is also credited with improving knowledge in integrated pest management, composting, rainwater harvesting, and climate-informed farming practices.

Kagenza says one of the key lessons from the project is the importance of an integrated approach to climate resilience rather than isolated interventions.
“Green Gicumbi has shown that combining land restoration, environmental protection and livelihood support delivers stronger and more sustainable results,” he said.
The project operates in nine sectors of Gicumbi District within the Muvumba watershed, including Rubaya, Cyumba, Kaniga, Mukarange, Rushaki, Shangasha, Manyagiro, Byumba and Bwisige.
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[Umunota @umunotanews]

Mu myaka itanu ishize, abahinzi bo mu Karere ka Gicumbi bemeza ko bari bazahajwe n’isuri yatwaraga ubutaka bwabo, bityo bigatuma umusaruro w’ubuhinzi uhora ari muke, bagahorana inzara ndetse n’ubukene bukabije.

Bamwe mu baturage bo muri aka Karere, bavuga ko aya mateka yahindutse nyuma y’uko umushinga Green Gicumbi ubakoreye amaterasi y’indinganire, akazana impinduka mu buhinzi mu gace kabo.

Umushinga wa Green Gicumbi ukorera mu mirenge icyenda igize Akarere ka Gicumbi ifite aho ihuriye n’icyogogo cy’umugezi wa Muvumba. Iyo mirenge ni Rubaya, Cyumba, Kaniga, Mukarange, Rushaki, Shangasha, Manyagiro, Byumba na Bwisige.

Uko umushinga Green Gicumbi wafashije abahinzi kuzamura umusaruro, bagasezerera ubukene ⤵️⤵️

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[Green Gicumbi Project | Northern Rwanda @GreenGicumbi]

Igitondo cyiza!

Niba hari ibyo wibaza ku mushinga #GreenGicumbi, uyu ni wo mwanya wawe wo gusobanukirwa, birambuye.

Ntucikwe n'iki kiganiro!

Ni mu kanya saa 8:45am kuri @Radiotv10rwanda @oswaki.

[Green Gicumbi Project | Northern Rwanda @GreenGicumbi]

Imyaka 6 irashize umushinga #GreenGicumbi ukorera ibikorwa byawo bitandukanye mu Karere ka @GicumbiDistrict bigamije kubakira ubudahangarwa abaturage b'Aka karere mu guhangana n'ingaruka z'imihindagurikire y'ibihe.

Kuri ubu umushinga uragana ku musozo, kuko uzarangirana n'uku kwezi kwa 5.

➡️Ni ayahe masomo, yakigirwa kuri uyu umushinga nk'umwe mu mishinga minini u Rwanda rufite ijyanye no guhangana n'imihindagurikire y'ibihe?

➡️Ese ni ibiki, wagezeho muri iyi myaka 6 umaze muri Gicumbi?

➡️Ni izihe ngamba zihari mu kuzabungabunga ibyagezweho?

🕣Ntuzacikwe n'iki kiganiro ku munsi w'ejo muri ZINDUKA kuri Radio10 @Radiotv10rwanda, @oswaki.Ni uguhera saa 8:45am.

[Fulgence M. @FulgenceM87]

Witnessing the impact of #ClimateAction on the ground.

[Green Gicumbi Project | Northern Rwanda @GreenGicumbi]

Yesterday, we received a delegation from the UK at our intervention sites as part of their work mission in #Rwanda. Their visit aimed to among others:

➡️Understand how the #GreenGicumbi Project is empowering smallholder farmers to adopt and implement climate-smart agriculture practices in @GicumbiDistrict.

➡️Witness the impact of terraces on erosion control, agricultural productivity and household incomes; and

➡️Examine how the #GreenGicumbi project interventions have contributed to improving the livelihoods of vulnerable communities in @GicumbiDistrict.

Accompanied by the Chief Finance Officer of the @GreenFundRw, Alexis Muganza, and Project Team Leader, @Kagenzabugingo, the delegation visited, radical terraces, rehabilitated forests, a green village that hosts 60 vulnerable families relocated from high-risk areas and an upland climate resilient tea plantation.

The delegation also engaged with our beneficiaries who shared firsthand experiences on how #GreenGicumbi interventions have strengthened their climate resilience.

They commended #Rwanda’s efforts in advancing climate action through community-based climate initiatives such as #GreenGicumbi, which deliver tangible and lasting solutions to the most climate-vulnerable communities.

[Green Gicumbi Project | Northern Rwanda @GreenGicumbi]

Yesterday, we received a delegation from the UK at our intervention sites as part of their work mission in #Rwanda. Their visit aimed to among others:

➡️Understand how the #GreenGicumbi Project is empowering smallholder farmers to adopt and implement climate-smart agriculture practices in @GicumbiDistrict.

➡️Witness the impact of terraces on erosion control, agricultural productivity and household incomes; and

➡️Examine how the #GreenGicumbi project interventions have contributed to improving the livelihoods of vulnerable communities in @GicumbiDistrict.

Accompanied by the Chief Finance Officer of the @GreenFundRw, Alexis Muganza, and Project Team Leader, @Kagenzabugingo, the delegation visited, radical terraces, rehabilitated forests, a green village that hosts 60 vulnerable families relocated from high-risk areas and an upland climate resilient tea plantation.

The delegation also engaged with our beneficiaries who shared firsthand experiences on how #GreenGicumbi interventions have strengthened their climate resilience.

They commended #Rwanda’s efforts in advancing climate action through community-based climate initiatives such as #GreenGicumbi, which deliver tangible and lasting solutions to the most climate-vulnerable communities.

[Rwanda Green Fund @GreenFundRw]

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[Iwacu Press @iwacupress1]

Kuri uyu wa 27 mutarama 2026 mu cyumba cy'inama Mayor wa @GicumbiDistrict yatangije ku mugaragaro amahugurwa y’iminsi ibiri ahuza abagize JADF bo muri aka Karere. Aya mahugurwa agamije gukomeza no kurinda ibyagezweho n’Umushinga. 1/2

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[Gicumbi District @GicumbiDistrict]

Ku bufatanye na @GreenGicumbi mu Cyumba cy'Inama cy'Akarere hari kubera inama y'iminsi ibiri ihuza abafatanyabikorwa mu rwego rwo kurebera hamwe uburyo bwo kubungabunga ibyagezweho mu guhangana n'imihindagurikire y'ikirere muri iyi myaka 6 ishinze.
@GovernanceRw

[Green Gicumbi Project | Northern Rwanda @GreenGicumbi]

As part of preparations for the phase-out of #GreenGicumbi, and to encourage partners to sustain the project’s achievements realized over the past six years in @GicumbiDistrict, today we convened a high-level, two-day workshop bringing together members of the Gicumbi District Joint Action Development Forum (JADF). The workshop aimed to share key results achieved and devise strategic measures to ensure the sustainability of these gains.

The workshop will conclude tomorrow with a field visit to project sites, providing participants with first-hand insights into the impact delivered on the ground. This engagement also serves as a platform to showcase project key achievements and key lessons that can support the scale up and replication of the good practices.

The Project Team Leader, @Kagenzabugingo, called on JADF members to build on Green Gicumbi’s successes by supporting sustainability of these achievements. They reaffirmed their commitment to sustaining these gains through their ongoing interventions in the District and by scaling up the good practices across other parts beyond project intervention area.

To learn more about our impact on the ground, click here: https://t.co/d4snHxweJe.

[Green Gicumbi Project | Northern Rwanda @GreenGicumbi]

Mu rwego rwo kurushaho gutegura isozwa ry’umushinga #GreenGicumbi, no gushishikariza abafatanyabikorwa gukomeza kubungabunga no gusigasira ibyagezweho n’uyu mushinga umaze imyaka itandatu ushyirwa mu bikorwa mu Karere ka @GicumbiDistrict, uyu munsi habaye inama yahuje abagize Ihuriro ry’Abafatanyabikorwa mu Iterambere ry’Akarere ka Gicumbi (JADF). Iyi nama yari igamije kungurana ibitekerezo no gufata ingamba zihamye zo gukomeza ibikorwa byagezweho.

Iyi nama izamara iminsi ibiri, aho izasozwa ejo, abayitabiriye bakazanasura ibikorwa bitandukanye by’umushinga Green Gicumbi byashyizwe mu bikorwa mu Karere ka Gicumbi.

Muri iyi nama, hagaragajwe ibyagezweho n’umushinga mu byiciro byose biwugize, ndetse n’amasomo y’ingenzi yakwigirwaho n’abandi, hagamijwe gufasha abaturage gukomeza kubaka ubudahangarwa bwo guhangana n’ingaruka z’imihindagurikire y’ibihe.

Umuyobozi w’umushinga, @Kagenzabugingo, yasabye abagize Ihuriro rya JADF gukomeza kubakira ku byagezweho n’umushinga Green Gicumbi, bafasha Akarere ka Gicumbi n’abagatuye gukomeza kubaka ubudahangarwa ku mihindagurikire y’ibihe, no guteza imbere imibereho myiza y’abaturage.

Abagize iri huriro biyemeje kugira uruhare rufatika mu kubungabunga ibyagezweho n’umushinga Green Gicumbi, binyuze mu bikorwa basanzwe bakorera mu Karere ka Gicumbi, kwagura ndetse no gukwirakwiza ibikorwa byiza byagezweho, bikagera no mu bindi bice umushinga utakoreyemo.

[Rwanda Green Fund @GreenFundRw]

As the Green Gicumbi Project approaches its conclusion, Hon. @Dr_Arakwiye Minister of Environment visited the @GreenGicumbi project sites to witness the firsthand impact of the interventions, alongside our CEO @TeddyMugabo_ , the Mayor of @GicumbiDistrict, and key stakeholders.

The visit showcased the 6-year transformative efforts including radical terraces, rehabilitated degraded forests, a green model village hosting 60 vulnerable families relocated from high-risk zones, and a 50-hectare upland tea plantation.

She commended the progress achieved and encouraged communities to sustain the gains and continue leveraging opportunities for long-term resilience and prosperity.

🎬 Stay tuned for our upcoming documentary capturing the real impact and stories behind the @GreenGicumbi Project.

#GreenRwanda🇷🇼🌿| #InvestinRwanda

[Ministry of Environment - Rwanda @EnvironmentRw]

Min. @Dr_Arakwiye, alongside @GreenFundRw CEO & @GicumbiDistrict leaders, visited @GreenGicumbi. Addressing beneficiaries, Minister encouraged communities to sustain the project’s achievements and continue leveraging these opportunities for long-term resilience and prosperity.

[Green Gicumbi Project | Northern Rwanda @GreenGicumbi]

Ku munsi w'ejo, twishimiye kwakira Nyakubahwa Minisitiri w'Ibidukikije @EnvironmentRw, @Dr_Arakwiye, aho yasuye ibikorwa by'umushinga Green Gicumbi ndetse aganira n'abagenerwabikorwa bawo.

Bamusobanuriye ibibazo bikomoka ku mihindagurikire y'ibihe bari bafite mbere y'umushinga, ndetse n'uko umushinga wabafashije kubikemura, bityo bigatuma bahindura ubuzima.

Aherekejwe n'abandi bayobozi barimo umuyobozi Mukuru wa @GreenFundRw, @TeddyMugabo_, Umuyobozi w'Akarere ka @GicumbiDistrict, basuye site y'amaterasi y'indinganire yakozwe kuri 220Ha, amashyamba yasazuwe, icyayi cyihanganira imihindagurikire y'ibihe cyatewe cyo ku musozi kuri 50Ha hamwe n'umudugudu watujwemo imiryango 60 yari ituye mu manegeka muri @GicumbiDistrict, kuri ubu iyi miryango ikaba ibayeho itekanye.

[Green Gicumbi Project | Northern Rwanda @GreenGicumbi]

It was a pleasure to welcome yesterday Hon. Minister of @EnvironmentRw, @Dr_Arakwiye , for a field visit to our sites, accompanied by the CEO of @GreenFundRw, @TeddyMugabo_, the Mayor @GicumbiDistrict @NzabonimpaEmmy, and other project stakeholders.

The Minister visited different intervention sites, including radical terraces, rehabilitated degraded forests, a green model village, hosting 60 vulnerable families relocated from high-risk zones, and a 50-hectare upland tea plantation.

She interacted with project beneficiaries who shared how the project interventions have improved their lives and strengthened their climate resilience. The field visit offered firsthand insight into how #GreenGicumbi interventions have restored landscapes, protected lives, and transformed people's livelihoods in Gicumbi District.

The Minister commended the work being done in Gicumbi District and called on the local communities to sustain the achievements and continue leveraging the opportunities created for long-term resilience and prosperity.

[Fulgence M. @FulgenceM87]

Why does supporting climate-vulnerable countries like #Rwanda matter?

The story of Gilbert Kwizera, a 21-year-old young man living in one of the climate-resilient settlements constructed by @GreenGicumbi with the support of @theGCF, speaks volumes.

Read: https://t.co/BZNFLicQuW

[Green Gicumbi Project | Northern Rwanda @GreenGicumbi]

Uyu munsi, twishimiye kwakira itsinda ry'abanyeshuli biga mu mwaka wa nyuma muri @Uni_Rwanda mu ishami rya @UR_CAVM, aho bagiriye uruzinduko rugamije kwigira ku bikorwa by'umushinga @GreenGicumbi ndetse no kurushaho gusobanukirwa neza no guhuza amasomo biga mu ishuli n'ubumenyingiro (practical skills).

Basobanuriwe ndetse bunguka ubumenyi ku:

🌲Uburyo bwo gusazura amashyamba no kuyacunga ku buryo burambye

🦖Uburyo bwo kubungabunga icyogogo no kurinda imigezi hamwe n'urusobe rw'ibinyabuzima, binyuze mu kubungabunga neza inkombe z'imigezi

🏠Uburyo bw'imyubakire yihanganira imihindagurikire y'ibihe, hibandwa cyane ku gufasha abaturage ku kubaka ubudahangarwa ku mihindagurikire y'ibihe.

Usibye gukora ibikorwa byibanda ku kubakira abaturage ubudahangarwa ku mihindagurikire y'ibihe muri @GicumbiDistrict, umushinga @GreenGicumbi ufite intego yo gusangiza abandi ubumenyi ndetse no kubera abandi icyitegererezo mu kubona amakuru y'ibikorwa byatanze ibisubizo mu gufasha abaturage kubaka ubudahangarwa mu guhangana n'ingaruka z'imihindagurikire y'ibihe.

[Fulgence M. @FulgenceM87]

That’s the power of community climate resilience, where climate finance turns into real action on the ground.@Kagenzabugingo @GicumbiDistrict @RwandaNorth.

[Umunota @umunotanews]

🔴 Imbamutima z’abatujwe n’Umushinga Green Gicumbi bavanywe mu manegeka

Kwizera Gilbert ni umusore w’imyaka 21 y’amavuko. Ni umwe mu bagize imiryango 60 yatujwe mu Mudugudu wa Kaniga, wubatswe n’umushinga Green Gicumbi.
Kimwe na bagenzi be, Kwizera avuga ko atazibagirwa ibyamubayeho mu mwaka wa 2023, ubwo Nyina na mushiki we wamukurikiraga bombi batakazaga ubuzima bitewe n’ibiza byibasiye aho bari batuye.
Ati “Hari umukingo wabaga haruguru y’inzu twari dutuyemo, imvura yaraguye, uwo mukingo uramanuka wose ugwira inzu, ku cyumba Mama wanjye na Mushiki wanjye bararagamo. Twakangukiye hejuru, tuyoberwa ibibaye, njye na Mukuru wanjye dusohoka twiruka.”
Soma inkuru irambuye: 👉 https://t.co/u81K2VM8hr
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