Wheat production and processing

Ideal conditions for high value products Investment Opportunity:

Wheat Production & Processing

Invest in Wheat Production & Processing to take advantage of Rwanda’s excellent growing conditions and serve unmet growing year around demand in EU and Middle East market.

Market Opportunity

Rwanda’s demand for Wheat is estimated at least 50,000 MT / Year.

• The total pasta consumed is imported, the local market demand exceed 400 MT per month
• Rwandan import expenditure: US$ 13M per year
• By 2017, the demand will be ≈ 186,261 MT
• Possible to exceed the demand by 2017 if the productivity is raised at least at 4 Tons / ha on a total area of 62,862 ha.
  Regional market with at least 20m consumers.

RWANDA’S Advantages

• In Rwanda Wheat is cultivated in Congo-Nile Crest, Volcanic soils and Buberuka highlands at altitudes ≥ 1900m (11 districts: Burera, Musanze, Nyabihu, Rulindo, Gakenke, Gicumbi, Karongi, Ngororero, Rutsiro, Nyamagabe & Nyaruguru).
• In the past 5 years, the production increased 4.6 - fold (24,633 tons / 2007 to 114,075 tons / 2011), annual growth of 33.2%. Average yield: 2.1 T / 3 Tons / ha (Farmers Vs Rwerere station).
• Rwanda is among 12 countries with the highest projected average mean yield for rain fed spring wheat production world wide and first in Africa.
• In the last 5 years (2006 – 2010) Rwanda recorded the first annual growth both in production and yield (38.3% vs. 18.6%) in the region.

Existing investors

• BAHKRESA GRAIN MILLING RWANDA Ltd (BGM) produces 250 MT per day, demand : 84,000MT (2013) 40% of the produce are exported.
• Pembe Flour mills Limited is a Kenyan Wheat processing company registered in 2006 with the crushing capacity of 200 MT per day, demand : 65,000MT (2013).
• SOTIRU, oldest Rwandan wheat milling plant with a processing capacity of 47 MT / day. It is looking for a potential investor to partner with.
• Mikoani Traders is in implementation phase at Kigali Special Economic Zone with 200 – 250 MT / day