Enabel, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) and Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB) host the "Chicken and Pork Gastronomic Event 2024", on March 22nd, 2024 in Kigali.
This event aimed at revolutionizing 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 per person per year as per MINAGRI’s annual report 2022-2023.
 
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 gathered 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.

Speaking at the event, Mr. Jean Claude Ndorimana Director General of Animal Resources Development at MINAGRI called on stakeholders to bring this activity closer to ordinary citizens. He emphasized: ‘This activity isn't over, it's just beginning. Let's continue in provinces and remote areas to help people cook pork and chicken.’ The event featured 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.

Speaking at the event PRISM-Enabel Project Manager, Gerrit Bosman, said:  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: health is through the stomach."

The event was also the opportunity for pig and poultry industry actors to showcase their products, exchange knowledge and establish valuable business connections and networking.