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Promoting Food Security in Rwanda through Sustainable Agricultural Productivity: Meeting the Challenges of Population Pressure, Land Degradation, and Poverty

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Daniel Clay () (Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University)
Fidele Byiringiro
Jaakko Kangasniemi
Thomas Reardon
Bosco Sibomana
Laurence Uwamariya
David Tardif-Douglin

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This study addresses the spiraling decline of land productivity and of the rural economy in Rwanda. Three things drive this decline: unsustainable land use practices (intensifying land use without enough investment in soil fertility and land improvement); insufficient nonfarm employment; and rapid population growth. The report focuses on (1) how farm productivity is affected by erosion, organic input use, soil conservation investments, use of fertilizer and lime, and land use strategies; (2) what determines farmers' productivity and conservation investments; (3) what are strategic and policy implications. The study was collaborative between MSU and the Rwandan Ministry of Agriculture, Division of Agricultural Statistics, (DSA/MINAGRI) and used farm survey data.

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Paper provided by Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University in its series International Development Policy Syntheses with number 6.

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Keywords: food security; food policy; Rwanda;

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  1. Valerie Kelly & Bocar Diagana & Thomas Reardon & Matar Gaye & Eric Crawford, 1996. "Cash Crop and Foodgrain Productivity in Senegal: Historical View, New Survey Evidence, and Policy Implications," International Development Papers 20, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Valerie Kelly & Jane Hopkins & Thomas Reardon & Eric Crawford, 1995. "Improving the Measurement and Analysis of African Agricultural Productivity: Promoting Complementarities between Micro and Macro Data," International Development Papers 16, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Pham, Hung T, 2006. "Rural Nonfarm Employment Under Trade Reform Evidence From Vietnam, 1993-2002," MPRA Paper 6476, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
  4. Thomas Reardon & Valerie Kelly & Eric Crawford & Thomas Jayne & Kimseyinga Savadogo & Daniel Clay, 1996. "Determinants of Farm Productivity in Africa: A Synthesis of Four Case Studies," International Development Papers 22, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Owusu, Victor & Gunning, Jan Willem & Burger, Kees, 2007. "Do Tenure Differences Influence the Improvement of Quality of Rented Land? Empirical Evidence from Rural Ghana," 106th Seminar, October 25-27, 2007, Montpellier, France 7933, European Association of Agricultural Economists. [Downloadable!]
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  7. Templeton, Scott R. & Scherr, Sara J., 1997. "Population pressure and the microeconomy of land management in hills and mountains of developing countries:," EPTD discussion papers 26, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]
  8. Reardon, Thomas & Kelly, Valerie & Yanggen, David & Crawford, Eric W., 1999. "Determinants Of Fertilizer Adoption By African Farmers: Policy Analysis Framework, Illustrative Evidence, And Implications," Staff Papers 11779, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  9. Daniel C. Clay & T. Reardon & V. Kelly & E. Mpyisi, 2001. "Promoting Input Use and Conservation Investments among Farm Households in Rwanda," International Development Collaborative Working Papers RW-FSRP-RR-06, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  10. Valerie A. Kelly & Edson Mpyisi & Anastase Murekezi & David Neven & Emmanuel Shingiro, 2001. "Consommation des Engrais au Rwanda : Tendances Passées, Potentiel Futur, et Facteurs Déterminants (Fertilizer Consumption in Rwanda: Past Trends, Future Potential, and Determinants)," International Development Collaborative Working Papers RW-FSRP-RR-07f, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  11. Boris Bravo & Horacio Cocchi & Daniel Solís, 2006. "Adoption of Soil Conservation Technologies in El Salvador: A cross-Section and Over-Time Analysis," OVE Working Papers 1806, Inter-American Development Bank, Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE). [Downloadable!]
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