Rolling Distribution in Rwanda
program. In 2014, Rwanda scaled up drop distribution across the entire country operation. This report shares why rolling distribution allowed One Acre Fund to grow its program in Rwanda and was an effective distribution method for years and how it became untenable.
One Acre Fund’s program in Rwanda, which launched in 2007, initially delivered inputs using a rolling distribution method. With rolling distribution, inputs are stored in multiple rented warehouses and storage sites, then distributed to farmers on a group-by-group basis over the course of six weeks, with logistics staffers topping up deliveries as needed over the course of the six-week distribution period. In 2013, One Acre Fund Rwanda decided to trial the drop distribution method used by our Kenya program. In 2014, Rwanda scaled up drop distribution across the entire country operation.
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