Enabel and Rwanda Agriculture Board Host Chicken and Pork Gastronomic Event 2024

Kigali, March 22, 2024 – Enabel, in collaboration with the Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) host the “Chicken and Pork Gastronomic Event 2024”, on March 22nd, 2024, at Mundi Centre, Kigali. This event aims to revolutionize the culinary landscape by promoting the consumption of pig and poultry products in Rwanda, focusing on pork and chicken.

Meat consumption in Rwanda is among the lowest in the region, with an average of 14.2 Kg meat/person/year as per 2023-2023 MINAGRI’s annual report.

Recognizing the importance of balanced nutrition and sustainable development, Enabel, through its partnership with MINAGRI, has embarked on a mission to raise awareness about the nutritional benefits of pig and poultry products.

The Chicken and Pork Gastronomic Event 2024 gathers approximately 150 stakeholders from various sectors, including delegates from sector associations such as the Rwandan Poultry Industry Association (RPIA) and the Rwandan Pig Farmers Association (RPFA), hotel and restaurant chefs, pig and poultry industry actors, culinary instructors, and TVET students among others.

The event features a range of activities aimed at promoting pork and chicken consumption, including live cooking demonstrations by both local and international chefs, recipe tasting sessions, and networking.

“Let’s share tasty pig and poultry products, combine the rational of animal protein for a healthy diet with the intuitive / emotional aspect of tasty meat products, as the proverb says: hearth is through the stomach.” states Gerrit Bosman, Project Manager, PRISM-Enabel project.

Additionally, the event host mini-exhibitions where industry stakeholders showcase their products, exchange knowledge and establish valuable business connections and networking.