Red Rocks Agro Tourism
In this initiative, we work with the local communities to build synergies and partnerships with other organizations that do conservation and tourism. We encourage conservation and tourism-based farming like indigenous fruit growing, tree planting, indigenous domestic animals and pets rearing and horticulture among others. This is aimed at enhancing community livelihoods in regard to nutrition and food security as well as income generating; as they sell the surplus to the local population and the
Our farmers now understand the importance of setting agritourism activities within their farm (i.e.: to what extend do farmers engage in agricultural activities and that this is a direct contact point between the rural community to offer products/services to the request of tourist • Do farmers offer tourists possibilities to enjoy the cultural and/or naturalistic
Our farm partners are able to sustain themselves through offering tourists possibilities to taste and buy typical local agrifood products from the regions of bwindi national park communities
We have managed to create a platform and network of rural agri-tourism partners whose formation is supporting to highlight the presence of activities of the agritourism farm?
Such collaborations and networks have taught farmers to build sustain supply chains in their rural networks and this has increased their percentages in production among local associations
This has helped us in determining the overall number of agribusiness in the region, and how many increase in number of produce offering or even identifying those who are officially authorized to offer an agritourism experience to tourists and what activities they offer to visitors
This has also contributed on sustainable development for rural communities. In particular, we are giving farmers important revenues being an alternative way for selling farms’ products and services.
Also our Local suppliers, through their long-term contracts with the farm, offer agritourists their goods and services having an indirect contact with them (mediated by the farm); such provisions contribute to enrich and complete the experience of rural life offered to the tourist while creating sustainable benefits of employment for the local people
This has also expanded their market potential and increased interest for agricultural local products
Our agritourism is attracting other businesses and small industries to benefits for tourism industry through create a diversify composition of tourist products
we welcome other interested stakeholders to partner with us in creating sustainable consumption and production
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Red Rocks Rwanda
Project start date
17/12/2019
Project end date
17/12/2019
