In the framework of a national programme of the Rwanda Red Cross, in the Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) component, the IFRC supported from 2008 to 2014 a livestock rotation initiative to provide herds of cattle, pigs, goats, rabbits and other livestock to targeted communities. To ensure that each household in the community received livestock, a rotation sytem was set up through which the firstborn was passed on to another household and so on. In 2015, the IFRC commissioned a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) study to assess the costs and benefits of this Livestock Rotation Programme. The study was carried out in three selected districts involved in the livestock rotation project in the eastern province. A mix of approaches was used to carry out this CBA study which included a desk review and fieldwork for data collection and to identify both direct benefits of this programme and also indirect benefits to the communities in general.

Cost/Benefit Analysis - Livestock Rotation Programme in Rwanda

• Cross-cutting themes: rural,
• Livelihoods Objectives: Access and ownership to productive assets, Economic Security, Case studies,
• All: Access and ownership to productive assets, Economic Security, Case studies,
• Organization: IFRC
• Year of publication: 2015