Controlling the water flow on the valley bottoms enables the farmers to use their land more profitably and to have two harvests in a year (Dusabimana, 2012) independently from seasonal rainwater. The agricultural year in Rwanda has three seasons (Season “A”: September–February, Season “B...
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The Role of Agriculture in the Fast-Growing Rwandan Economy: Assessing Growth Alternatives This study assesses the future growth prospects of Rwanda. The report first focuses on broad economic growth using a rather aggregated 18-sector dynamic ge... X Diao,G Bahiigwa,A Pradesha - 《Social Scie...
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Whether the negative relationship between farm size and crop productivity that is confirmed in a large global literature holds in Africa is of considerable policy relevance. Plot-level data from Rwanda point toward constant returns to scale and a strong negative relationship between farm size and crop...
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Sustainable agricultural progress is one of the world’s greatest challenges in the twenty-first century as the global population is estimated to rise
A World Bank study found that between 2000 and 2015, poverty was down 33 percent in Ethiopia and 45 percent in Rwanda, with agricultural growth the main driver. For Kenya to realise similar achievements, it will have to find a solution to the financial challenges in its...
Intertemporal evaluation of household food security and its determinants: evidence from Rwanda. Food Secur. 2020;12:179–89. Google Scholar Aweke CS, Lahiff E, Hassen JY. The contribution of agriculture to household dietary diversity: evidence from smallholders in East Hararghe. Ethiopia Food ...
which are two of the most important staple foods for smallholder farmers. This threatens food security in Africa [61], and it is also a serious threat to food and nutrition security [59]. It then spread to other African countries, such as Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, and Tanzania. By...