Rwanda: Access to Credit Facilities Still Challenge for Farmers

A senior analyst and head of Agriculture Projects Unit at Rwanda Development Bank-BRD says access to agricultural loans is still a challenge to farmers.

Farmer cooperatives through which members were expected to easily acquire loans are still faced with management challenges which makes banks shy away, Joséphine Umurerwa, told a meeting convened in Kigali to discuss fertiliser marketing strategy in Rwanda.

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