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Input Use and Conservation Investments among Farm Households in Rwanda: Patterns and Determinants

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  • Clay, Daniel C.
  • Kelly, Valerie A.
  • Mpyisi, Edson
  • Reardon, Thomas

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One of the Government of Rwanda’s key post-war policy objectives has been to increase agricultural productivity and ensure food security by promoting a transition from semi-subsistence production and marketing practices to intensive production and highly commercialized agricultural markets. The government wants farmers to increase land and labor productivity through the use of modern inputs, thereby generating substantial surpluses which can be sold to pay for inputs and generate increases in farm incomes.

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  • Clay, Daniel C. & Kelly, Valerie A. & Mpyisi, Edson & Reardon, Thomas, 2001. "Input Use and Conservation Investments among Farm Households in Rwanda: Patterns and Determinants," Food Security Collaborative Working Papers 57053, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:midcwp:57053
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.57053
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    1. Bekele, Genanew & Mekonnen, Alemu, 2010. "Investments in Land Conservation in the Ethiopian Highlands: A Household Plot-Level Analysis of the Roles of Poverty, Tenure Security, and Market Inventives," RFF Working Paper Series dp-10-09-efd, Resources for the Future.
    2. Kelly, Valerie A. & Mpyisi, Edson & Murekezi, Anastase & Neven, David & Shingiro, Emmanuel, 2001. "Fertilizer Consumption in Rwanda: Past Trends, Future Potential, and Determinants," Food Security Collaborative Working Papers 54769, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
    3. Kelly, Valerie A. & Mpyisi, Edson & Murekezi, Anastase & Neven, David, 2001. "Consommation des engrais au Rwanda: tendances passées, potentiel futur, et facteurs déterminants," Food Security Collaborative Working Papers 54874, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.

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