Rwanda: Potato Harvest Up 10.1% In 2025 To About 885,000 Tonnes, Yields Stay Below 9 T/ha

Руанда: Төмсний ургац 2025 онд 10.1%-иар өсч, 885,000 орчим тоннд хүрсэн бол ургац 9 тонн/га-аас доош хэвээр байна

Виктор Ковалев 28 оны есдүгээр сар сарын 2026 2 мин унш

Руанда улсын Бисоке уулын бэлд төмс болон эвкалипт мод

Photo: Potatoes and eucalyptus at the foot of Mount Bisoke, Rwanda (illustrative). SIBOMANA Constantin / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Түлхүүрийг авах

10.1% rise in Rwanda potato output in 2025 versus 2024
475,785 tonnes harvested in Season A 2025, up 3 percent
6.8 t/ha small-farm yield in Season B vs 14.2 on big farms
4 northern districts lead: Nyabihu, Rubavu, Musanze, Burera

Яагаад чухал вэ

Фермерүүдэд зориулсан: Том фермүүдтэй ургацаа харьцуулж үзээрэй: 2025 оны В улиралд тэд 14.2 т/га-д хүрсэн бол жижиг фермүүд 6.8 т/га-д хүрчээ.
Худалдаачдын хувьд: Гурван улирлын турш худалдан авалт хийхээр төлөвлө: А улирал нь хамгийн том бөгөөд 2025 онд 475,785 тонн, харин С улирал нь бага байна.
Нийлүүлэгчдийн хувьд: Target seed sales in Nyamagabe, Karongi and Nyaruguru, where potato area is expanding beyond the northern districts.
Хөрөнгө оруулагчдын хувьд: Assess seed multiplication: Nyamagabe aims to raise seed output from 5,000 t to 22,000 t a year by 2029.

60 секундын хураангуй

Rwandan potato output grew again in 2025, but yield, not land, is the real constraint. Adding up the three seasons gives roughly 885,000 tonnes, with the main Season A crop close to 476,000 tonnes and the second season about 314,000. Planted area rose modestly, by under one percent in Season A and nearly ten percent in Season B. The striking result from the national survey is the productivity gap: large farms harvested about twice as much per hectare as smallholders in Season B. Production stays concentrated in the cool volcanic north, while several southern and western districts are adding potato land and seed capacity. For seed multipliers, fertiliser firms and development agencies, the numbers point to a market where better inputs can pay off quickly. Readers should note that earlier FAO figures from around 2010 are far higher and use a different method, so the long-run series has a break.

885,000 tTotal 2025 harvest, three seasons (our calculation)

475,785 tSeason A 2025 production

314,093 tSeason B 2025 production

94,892 tSeason C 2025 production

54,485 гаSeason A 2025 area

8.7 т/гаSeason A 2025 small-farm yield

14.2 т/гаSeason B 2025 large-farm yield

Rwanda harvested more potatoes in 2025 than a year earlier. According to the annual Seasonal Agricultural Survey of the statistics office NISR, as reported by Africa-Press, production rose by 10.1% compared with 2024.

The country has three growing seasons. Season A gave 475,785 tonnes, up 3% from 460,830 tonnes a year earlier, the statistics office said. Season B gave 314,093 tonnes, up 10%. Season C, the smallest season, gave 94,892 tonnes, up 17%, according to Africa-Press. Together this is about 885,000 tonnes.

Area and yields

In Season A 2025 potatoes covered 54,485 hectares, up 0.8%. In Season B the area was 45,940 hectares, up 9.8%. In Season B, most growth came from more land, not from yield.

Өглөөний салбарын тойм Өдрийн чухал зүйлсийг нэг имэйлд багтаасан.

Ажлын өдрүүд. Нэг товшилтоор захиалгаа цуцлаарай.

Yields remain low for most growers. In Season A, small farms harvested 8.7 tonnes per hectare, while large farms harvested 11.4 tonnes. In Season B the gap was wider: 6.8 tonnes for small farms and 14.2 tonnes for large farms. Small farms dominate the national average.

Төмс хаана ургадаг вэ

The highest production comes from four districts in the north and west: Nyabihu, Rubavu, Musanze and Burera. Newer areas are growing too. Africa-Press reported that Nyamagabe, Karongi and Nyaruguru are expanding potato farming. Nyamagabe aims to raise seed production from 5,000 to 22,000 tonnes a year by 2029.

Урт хугацааны чиг хандлага

FAOSTAT data published by Our World in Data show 96,500 tonnes in 1961 and 827,000 tonnes in 2024. The average yield was 5.0 tonnes per hectare in 1961 and 7.9 tonnes in 2024. FAOSTAT shows much higher figures around 2010, near 1.8 million tonnes. These earlier numbers came before the current survey method and are not directly comparable.

Яагаад чухал вэ

Potatoes are a key food and cash crop in the Rwandan highlands. The survey shows a large yield gap between small and large farms. Better seed, fertiliser and disease control could lift output without more land, which is scarce in the country.

For seed producers and input suppliers in East Africa, Rwanda is a growing market. Only 37.3% of farmers used improved seed of any crop in Season A 2025, and less in the other seasons.

Photo: Potatoes and eucalyptus at the foot of Mount Bisoke, Rwanda (illustrative). SIBOMANA Constantin / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Дараагийнх нь

The statistics office publishes survey results after each season. The Season A 2026 report will show if production keeps growing and if the yield gap narrows.