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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 C. 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 report is about reversing the spiraling decline of the land and the economy in rural Rwanda. The report examines how erosion, organic input use, soil conservation investments, use of fertilizer and lime, and land use strategies affect productivity.

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Paper provided by Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University in its series International Development Papers with number 17.

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Date of creation: 1995
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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. Pender, John L. & Place, Frank & Ehui, Simeon K., 1999. "Strategies for sustainable agricultural development in the East African highlands:," EPTD discussion papers 41, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]
  4. 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!]
  5. 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!]
  6. Pham, Hung T, 2006. "Rural Nonfarm Employment Under Trade Reform Evidence From Vietnam, 1993-2002," MPRA Paper 6476, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
  7. 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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  8. 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!]
  9. 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!]
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