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It focuses on restoring 98,000 hectares of rural landscapes to improve soil health, water retention, and food security for over 100,000 households. The initiative is structured around three components: implementing resilient agro-ecological practices, developing climate-resilient markets and supply chains, and strengthening institutional coordination for land management. With a total indicative cost of USD 50 million, the project seeks USD 33 million in GCF grants to address barriers such as the lack of technical knowledge and the absence of climate finance for smallholders.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-004858#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The Eastern Province of Rwanda is identified as the most vulnerable area in the country to climate change, serving as the 'bread basket' of Rwanda but suffering from high frequencies of rainfall deficits, late rainfall onsets, and cyclical droughts that lead to famine and food shortages.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-004858#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The project targets the restoration of 98,000 hectares of rural landscapes in the Eastern Province to provide ecosystem resilience and improve livelihoods, with a total restoration opportunity in the province estimated at 660,638 hectares.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-004858#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The proposed intervention expects to benefit over 100,000 households, representing 15% of the Eastern province population and 6% of the national population, with an overall impact on over one million rural dwellers.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-004858#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The project estimates a mitigation impact of approximately 20 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent over its lifespan, with specific potential benefits including 15 million tons of CO2e from restoring 98,000 hectares of land.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-004858#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Two primary barriers to land restoration were identified: a lack of demonstrated climate-resilient land use practices in drought-prone conditions and a lack of climate finance or incentives to change land use behavior.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-004858#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The project's financial structure involves a total indicative cost of USD 50 million, requesting USD 33 million as a grant from the GCF and USD 17 million in co-financing from entities including the Ministry of Environment, the Embassy of the Netherlands, World Vision, FONERWA, and ENABEL.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-004858#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["agroforestry","climate change adaptation","climate finance","land degradation","carbon sequestration","food security","Climate-smart agriculture","bioenergy","ecosystem-based adaptation"],"geography_discussed":["Bugesera District","Gatsibo District","Kayonza District","Kirehe District","Ngoma","Nyagatare District","Rwamagana district","Southern Province"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["project proposal","concept note"]},{"id":"sei-001564","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/sei-001564","title":"Exploring the water-energy-food nexus in Rwanda’s Akagara Basin","publisher":{"name":"Stockholm Environment Institute","organization":"stockholm-environment-institute"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2018-11","source_url":"https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/rwanda-nexus-project-report-final-1.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report applies a 'nexus toolkit' to analyze the interactions between agricultural transformation, energy transition, and natural resource use in Rwanda, specifically within the Akagera Basin. Using policy coherence mapping and scenario modelling (Reference, Pessimistic, and Optimistic) up to 2050, the study finds that high population growth and climate change create severe pressure on water and biomass. Key findings indicate that ambitious national plans for irrigation and hydropower may be physically impossible to meet due to water scarcity, and that the transition to peat for electricity will increase GHG emissions despite reductions in cooking-fuel emissions. 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