Identifying farm typologies in Rwandan agriculture: A framework for improving targeted interventions

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Marketsen_US
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten_US
cg.contributor.donorEuropean Unionen_US
cg.contributor.donorGovernment of the Netherlandsen_US
cg.coverage.countryRwandaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2RWen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierGilberthe Uwera Benimana: 0000-0001-6481-9697en_US
cg.creator.identifierJames Warner: 0000-0002-5768-3004en_US
cg.creator.identifierSerge Mugabo: 0000-0003-4198-2728en_US
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Rwanda Strategy Support Programen_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategies and Governance Uniten_US
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden_US
cg.number10en_US
cg.placeWashington, DCen_US
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformationen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversityen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigationen_US
dc.contributor.authorBenimana, Gilbertheen_US
dc.contributor.authorWarner, Jamesen_US
dc.contributor.authorMugabo, Sergeen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-03T17:55:13Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-05-03T17:55:13Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/141717en_US
dc.titleIdentifying farm typologies in Rwandan agriculture: A framework for improving targeted interventionsen_US
dcterms.abstractThis paper explores the broad spectrum of commercial engagement by Rwandan farmers by grouping farmers according to characteristics of the head of household, the degree of commercialization of their farms, size of livestock holdings and other factors. We use statistical methodologies, including factor and cluster analysis, combined with existing knowledge of the agricultural sector to define five types of Rwandan farmers, separated into two broad groups. The first group (Group A) includes three types broadly classified as less wealthy, less commercialized, with a net negative gross margin. Within this group the three types of farmers include: Type 1—Less commercialized older male headed households with larger families, Type 2—Better educated, youth headed households, who are more market oriented but have smaller land holdings, Type 3—Older female headed households who produce relatively lower agricultural production value relative to their assets owned. The second group (Group B) comprises two types of farmers. This group are wealthier, sell more crops with positive gross margins and larger landholdings. More specifically, farm type 4 is commercialized with higher access to agricultural extension services and inputs and farm type 5, also highly commercialized, but has significant livestock holdings as well. Taken together, these two groups, and five farm types, provide a framework to aid in understanding how commercialization takes place in smallholder Rwandan agriculture. This framework may also help in understanding how potential interventions would be received by various types of Rwanda farmers, thereby facilitating more efficient targeting of agricultural interventions.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBenimana, Gilberthe; Warner, James; and Mugabo, Serge. 2024. Identifying farm typologies in Rwandan agriculture: A framework for improving targeted interventions. Rwanda SSP Working Paper 10. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141717en_US
dcterms.extent50 p.en_US
dcterms.isPartOfRwanda SSP Working Paperen_US
dcterms.issued2024-05-03en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/141776en_US
dcterms.subjectcommercializationen_US
dcterms.subjectfarmersen_US
dcterms.subjectlivestocken_US
dcterms.subjectfarm sizeen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultural productionen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultural extension systemsen_US
dcterms.subjecttypologyen_US
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen_US

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