Ruanda: La cosecha de papa aumentará un 10.1% en 2025 hasta aproximadamente 885,000 toneladas, los rendimientos se mantendrán por debajo de 9 t/ha.
Puntos clave
- 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
Por qué importa
- para los agricultores
- Compare sus rendimientos con los de las grandes explotaciones: en la temporada B de 2025 alcanzaron 14.2 t/ha frente a 6.8 t/ha en las pequeñas explotaciones.
- Para los comerciantes
- Planifique sus compras en función de tres temporadas: la temporada A es la más importante, con 475,785 toneladas en 2025, y la temporada C es la más pequeña.
- Para proveedores
- Target seed sales in Nyamagabe, Karongi and Nyaruguru, where potato area is expanding beyond the northern districts.
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- Assess seed multiplication: Nyamagabe aims to raise seed output from 5,000 t to 22,000 t a year by 2029.
Resumen de 60 segundos
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.
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.
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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.
Donde crecen las patatas
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.
Tendencia a largo plazo
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.
Por qué importa
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
Informe mundial sobre la papa
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¿Y ahora qué
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.
Fuentes
- NISR — Seasonal Agricultural Survey Season A 2025 Report — https://alpha.statistics.gov.rw/sites/default/files/documents/2025-05/SAS%202025A_Final%20%20report.pdf
- NISR — Seasonal Agricultural Survey Season B 2025 Report — https://alpha.statistics.gov.rw/sites/default/files/documents/2025-10/SAS_2025B_Report.pdf
- NISR — Seasonal Agricultural Survey Annual Report 2025 — https://www.statistics.gov.rw/data-sources/surveys/Seasonal-Agricultural-Survey/Seasonal-Agricultural-Survey/seasonal-agricultural-survey-2025-
- Africa-Press — More districts turn to potatoes as yields rise — https://www.africa-press.net/rwanda/economy/more-districts-turn-to-potatoes-as-yields-rise
- Nuestro mundo en datos / FAOSTAT — Producción y rendimiento de la papa — https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/potato-production
- ОДИН ИСТОЧНИК — сезон C 2025 и годовой рост 10,1%
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