"“To seize the huge opportunity that food systems transformation presents, we need to invest in the hundreds of millions of small-scale farmers, who produce one third of the world’s food and up to 70% of the food in low and middle-income countries. This is the only path to a food-secure and stable future, as well as the most cost-effective by far.”"

"“Investing in resilience is as urgent as addressing humanitarian needs. In the long run building resilience will save more lives and improve more livelihoods, and it is a sustainable solution.”"

"“The current 4th phase of the Strategic Plan for the Agriculture Transformation (PSTA4) … puts gender mainstreaming and women empowerment on the front of what’s being done along the whole agriculture value chain in Rwanda.”"

"“The agriculture sector is set to create employment, satisfy our food and nutrition needs by 2022, and reduce the poverty rates from 39.1% to 15% by 2024.”"

"“This programme … is meant to help farmers and livestock rearers cope with climate change … to ensure that even when adverse conditions strike, they are not completely ruined.” (In context of introducing agricultural & livestock insurance schemes)"

"“Embrace agriculture sector not because it is the backbone of our economies but, because it is its oxygen.”"

"“Every farmer should embrace irrigation; and I pledge that the government will keep doing everything possible to support all farmers in irrigation wherever feasible.”"

"“The agriculture sector in our country has huge opportunities for wealth creation; that’s why I call on you to take advantages of these opportunities and make fortunes from farming activities.”"

"“We have ambitious plans to keep growing the productivity of our lands to make sure that we can feed ourselves but also working hard so that whatever we’ve harvested doesn’t get lost.”"

"“Horticulture is central in our current Government Program to fight against malnutrition and hidden hunger as it’s an important source for vitamins and micro-nutrients. Furthermore, the horticulture sub sector is one of the fastest growing among the contributors to Agriculture GDP.”"

"“It is not yet clear whether the money that investors gave to Akenes and Kernels Ltd to invest in chia seeds farming was used for that purpose.”"

"“Our country has made commendable progress in food security as it improved from 48 per cent in 2006 and reached to 81.3 per cent in 2018."

"“I urge Rwanda poultry business owners to take advantage of the presence of the captains of this industry, to establish lasting business partnerships to improve your respective poultry operations … To those that wish to start engaging in various poultry value chain business, this is your time.”"

"Rwanda has a huge economic potential, great opportunities, and a good business environment, and so is the Agriculture Sector."

"The Agriculture and Livestock sector is one of the most representatives in the country and has a strong weight on its economy; however, to really exploit its potential it is essential to invest."

"The business of the farmer who grew and supplied chia seeds to the company’s warehouse is understandable, and we accept it,"

"As per my experience, I strongly believe that agriculture can be a thriving sector and play a key role in lifting rural populations out of hunger and poverty."

"I am thrilled to join IFAD and amplify the global call to invest in small-scale farmers and to keep focus on making global and local food systems more sustainable, resilient and equitable for the people who work in them and feed the world."

"Rwanda’s agriculture sector has shown resilience in the face of the pandemic. However, the sector will need the right push to realise its full potential."

"Those who wronged us will envy our progress. Ndi Umunyarwanda has not just started. It began when Rwandans launched the liberation struggle and there after built a non-ethnic country ."

"We met frustrated technicians who had sent reports warning that the plant wouldn’t be functional but were ignored ."

"We have to make sure we play role in monitoring government programs that help the country’s people become self-reliant starting from the youth ."

"The family law was passed by the outgoing parliament and we will ensure we follow up so that it is implemented to ensure that families live in harmony ."

"Until now, there are divergent views about family planning [contraceptives] in the community ."

"Should there be a case where people are interested in paying for homes earlier, an account will be opened and the money will be used as collateral to indicate to banks that there is demand but that money cannot be withdrawn. Should the project fail, those who failed would be refunded to those who paid. This does not change how banks do their business of studying projects before investing in them."

"There are so-called foreign investors who come here and even borrow money from our banks and eventually take off without doing anything. What strategy is there to follow up on such fraudsters."

"We sometimes see RPF members with ineffective performance. You have to know that our political party should always be branded with good reputation."

"We promise that we shall not disappoint you; we shall work hard to be the RPF engine so as to also make our party the country’s engine."

"There are still a few existing errors in the way people are dismissed from their jobs. Some human resource managers do not follow the legal frameworks to terminate people. We have received several complaints in the past, some of which are genuine. These errors have to be rectified ."

"I counted 26 international awards bestowed upon Paul Kagame, but the list is not exhaustive because there is much more ."

"I am one of those pure Hutus they used to talk about ."

"It is true he passed on. He was on the way to Kibuye [Rutsiro] on a work related trip ."

"Although the Government of Rwanda's plan to settle the population in the villages has helped to speed up development and improve the quality of life of the residents in general, one of the villages has problems including buildings that deteriorate quickly, pollution, residents who do not take good care of their houses, etc. That is why the Senate appointed this commission to investigate, where corrections are needed early."

"There are a lot rumours on social media mainly from people outside the country; avoid such. I also urge the youth whose parents participated in the Genocide and are still held captive of the bad past we went through to challenge them using available information."

"We have a medical and equipment management system, which we urge all health facilities to use in order to inform us about which resources they have and their date of manufacture, so that we can arrange distribution of those that are needed."

"There are equipment that were brought in by donors and those that were procured by the ministry, but without carrying out a need assessment."

"As soon as the District leadership identifies where the additional health posts will be built, we will start the construction and we hope to deliver them before the end of the year."

"At the time, our laws denied women any inheritance, and they could not access credit because they had no collateral. This had to change,""

"she is bringing vast experience in empowering women through initiation of income generating activities, gender related policy elaboration on issues such as gender-based violence, early childhood development, and sexual, adolescent and reproductive health."

""Very young, I opposed injustice and exclusion.”"

"We don’t want to just make a law, we want to stop bad behaviours"

"We don’t want to just make a law,” — she said that in 2005. She wanted “to stop men from beating their partners and stop women from tolerating the beating.”"

"We are transforming our society, and women are part of the solution."

"God saved me."

"As we are embarking on the new cycle, we look forward to continuing working with all of you and count on your great contribution in the implementation of the recommendations that Rwanda committed to during the next cycle ."

"Unfortunately, some suspects are still living and traveling freely around the globe, notably in western countries, a number of them being called or calling themselves defenders of human rights ."

"By liberating the country on July 4, 1994, the Rwandan Patriotic Front led by H.E. Paul Kagame, the President of the Republic of Rwanda defeated the genocidal forces, a heroic victory that ended the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, in which more than a million innocent people were killed for the sole reason of being Tutsi ."

"it is a dream come true in our lifetime."

"Bold steps are needed to address this global threat,"