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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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Emerence Mukangabo

Senior Research Analyst

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Emerence Mukangabo is a Senior Research Analyst in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in IFPRI’s office in Kigali, Rwanda. Her research interests include food and nutrition security, rural development, agriculture, and gender. Prior to joining IFPRI, Emerence was a research consultant working with the CGIAR research centers in Rwanda.  She holds a master’s degree in Management of Development with a specialization in Rural Development and Food Security from Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands.

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Synopsis: Rwanda smallholder agricultural commercialization survey: Overview using selective categorical variables

2024Warner, James; Rosenbach, Gracie; Benimana, Gilberthe; Mugabo, Serge; Niyonsingiza, Josue; Mukangabo, Emerence; Dushimayezu, Bertrand; Nshimiyimana, Octave; Ingabire, Chantal; Spielman, David J.
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Synopsis: Rwanda smallholder agricultural commercialization survey: Overview using selective categorical variables

Increased commercialization of smallholder farmers is a major emphasis of Rwanda’s PSTA4 and will continue with PSTA5, as well as other policy documents related to agriculture. Although PSTA4 sought to increase the profitability of smallholder production, efforts to address accelerating commercialization were limited due to the absence of data and analysis on returns to commercial production systems. Relatively little was known about smallholder agricultural decision-making and the associated costs and returns to production systems among these farmers. This policy note introduces an important research initiative that will explore various aspects of commercialization by Rwandan smallholder farmers and is meant as a general introduction to smallholder commercialization. In subsequent research papers, more detailed studies based on these initial findings will contribute to an improved understanding of agricultural smallholders by providing (1) more nuanced analysis of commercial farmer typologies, (2) estimates of returns to commercial production systems across multiple farmers typologies, and (3) recommendations designed to improve interventions in smallholder commercialization. This brief provides a summary of the results obtained from the 2022 Smallholder Farmer Commercialization Survey (IFPRI 2024). Designed to be representative at the national and provincial levels, ten households were surveyed in 202 villages resulting in a total of 2,020 interviewed households. The survey covered a wide range of topics including: 1) household demographics; 2) migration, household assets and house conditions, and shocks; 3) household farm characteristics; 4) household expenditures (consumption and non-consumption), and 5) household income sources. The survey instrument was developed using other IFPRI surveys and was referenced to the 2020 AHS and the 2016-2017 EICV5 surveys from NISR.

Year published

2024

Authors

Warner, James; Rosenbach, Gracie; Benimana, Gilberthe; Mugabo, Serge; Niyonsingiza, Josue; Mukangabo, Emerence; Dushimayezu, Bertrand; Nshimiyimana, Octave; Ingabire, Chantal; Spielman, David J.

Citation

Warner, James; Rosenbach, Gracie; Benimana, Gilberthe; Mugabo, Serge; Niyonsingiza, Josue; Mukangabo, Emerence; et al. 2024. Synopsis: Rwanda smallholder agricultural commercialization survey: Overview using selective categorical variables. Rwanda SSP Policy Note 9. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141467

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Rwanda

Keywords

Africa; Eastern Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Commercialization; Smallholders; Agriculture; Decision Making; Surveys; Households; Migration

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Rwanda smallholder agriculture commercialization survey: Overview using selected categorical variables

2023Warner, James M.; Rosenbach, Gracie; Benimana, Gilberthe; Mugabo, Serge; Niyonsingiza, Josue; Mukangabo, Emerence; Dushimayezu, Bertrand; Nshimiyimana, Octave; Ingabire, Chantal; Spielman, David J.
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Rwanda smallholder agriculture commercialization survey: Overview using selected categorical variables

This report provides a comprehensive statistical overview of agricultural household data collected by IFPRI from a smallholder commercialization survey in late 2022. Sampled to be representative to the provincial level, ten households were surveyed in 202 villages for a total of 2,020 households interviewed. The survey covers a wide range of topics including household demographics, agricultural farm holdings, input use, crop choice, levels of commercialization and other non-farm sources of income. The statistical tables are generally presented by principal categorical variables of interest which include provinces, gender and age of household head (youth/mature), as well as size of land holdings. These designations are meant to provide general insights into the current state of agricultural households in Rwanda. Building on this report, future research, on more specific topics of interest, will be performed to build a more comprehensive understanding of agricultural household economic behavior for broader understanding as well as potential policy engagement.

Year published

2023

Authors

Warner, James M.; Rosenbach, Gracie; Benimana, Gilberthe; Mugabo, Serge; Niyonsingiza, Josue; Mukangabo, Emerence; Dushimayezu, Bertrand; Nshimiyimana, Octave; Ingabire, Chantal; Spielman, David J.

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Warner, James; Rosenbach, Gracie; Benimana, Gilberthe; Mugabo, Serge; Niyonsingiza, Josue; Mukangabo, Emerence; Dushimayezu, Bertrand; Nshimiyimana, Octave; Ingabire, Chantal; and Spielman, David J. 2023. Rwanda smallholder agriculture commercialization survey: Overview using selected categorical variables. Rwanda SSP Working Paper 8. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136914

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Rwanda

Keywords

Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; West and Central Africa; Eastern Africa; Agriculture; Households; Smallholders; Surveys; Inputs; Crops; Commercialization; Income

Language

English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Seed Equal

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Working Paper

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Designing new tools for evaluating gender impacts for climate services in agriculture: Introduction to a series of field experiments in Rwanda

2021Kramer, Berber; Rose, Alison; Dejene, Samson; Mukangabo, Emerence; Mollerstrom, Johanna; Seymour, Greg; Kagabo, Desire
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Designing new tools for evaluating gender impacts for climate services in agriculture: Introduction to a series of field experiments in Rwanda

Impact evaluations and cost-benefit analyses often guide investments in agricultural development but determining whether an investment is cost effective in empowering women is a major challenge. The multidimensional, dynamic nature of women’s empowerment does not lend itself easily to quantitative measurement and poses challenges for aggregation across different dimensions, and for analyzing trade-offs in development.

Year published

2021

Authors

Kramer, Berber; Rose, Alison; Dejene, Samson; Mukangabo, Emerence; Mollerstrom, Johanna; Seymour, Greg; Kagabo, Desire

Citation

Kramer B, Rose A, Dejene S, Mukangabo E, Mollerstrom J, Seymour G, Kagabo D. 2021. Designing new tools for evaluating gender impacts for climate services in agriculture: Introduction to a series of field experiments in Rwanda. CCAFS Info Note. Wageningen, the Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

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Rwanda

Keywords

Africa; Eastern Africa; Gender; Women’s Empowerment; Climate Information; Field Experimentation; Climate; Agriculture; Climate Services; Food Security; Ecosystem Services; Climate Change

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-NC-4.0

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Source record

Project

Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

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Brief