Synopsis: Enhancing rural income diversification in Rwanda: Opportunities and challenges
This study describes the employment patterns of rural households in Rwanda and explores their challenges and opportunities for rural income diversification. Detailed analysis using a 2022 rural household smallholder survey on agricultural production and employment in Rwanda, reveals that: • Agricul...
| Autores principales: | , , |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Brief |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
International Food Policy Research Institute
2024
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155441 |
| _version_ | 1855537822203641856 |
|---|---|
| author | Schmidt, Emily Mugabo, Serge Rosenbach, Gracie |
| author_browse | Mugabo, Serge Rosenbach, Gracie Schmidt, Emily |
| author_facet | Schmidt, Emily Mugabo, Serge Rosenbach, Gracie |
| author_sort | Schmidt, Emily |
| collection | Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace) |
| description | This study describes the employment patterns of rural households in Rwanda and explores their challenges and opportunities for rural income diversification. Detailed analysis using a 2022 rural household smallholder survey on agricultural production
and employment in Rwanda, reveals that:
• Agricultural wage labor is the dominant source of off-farm income and is the primary means of supplementing rural household income. This is different than other LMICs where households are more likely to develop nonfarm enterprises that bring in extra
income and diversify the rural economy towards more value-added output while also increasing demand for rural inputs.
• This research suggests that factors like access to education and financial services are key factors to employment decisions and improved rural urban linkages. |
| format | Brief |
| id | CGSpace155441 |
| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2024 |
| publishDateRange | 2024 |
| publishDateSort | 2024 |
| publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| publisherStr | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | CGSpace1554412025-11-06T07:27:14Z Synopsis: Enhancing rural income diversification in Rwanda: Opportunities and challenges Schmidt, Emily Mugabo, Serge Rosenbach, Gracie employment rural population households income diversification agricultural production access to finance education This study describes the employment patterns of rural households in Rwanda and explores their challenges and opportunities for rural income diversification. Detailed analysis using a 2022 rural household smallholder survey on agricultural production and employment in Rwanda, reveals that: • Agricultural wage labor is the dominant source of off-farm income and is the primary means of supplementing rural household income. This is different than other LMICs where households are more likely to develop nonfarm enterprises that bring in extra income and diversify the rural economy towards more value-added output while also increasing demand for rural inputs. • This research suggests that factors like access to education and financial services are key factors to employment decisions and improved rural urban linkages. 2024-10-21 2024-10-21T16:23:45Z 2024-10-21T16:23:45Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155441 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145326 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Schmidt, Emily; Mugabo, Serge; and Rosenbach, Gracie. 2024. Synopsis: Enhancing rural income diversification in Rwanda: Opportunities and challenges. Rwanda SSP Note 16. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155441 |
| spellingShingle | employment rural population households income diversification agricultural production access to finance education Schmidt, Emily Mugabo, Serge Rosenbach, Gracie Synopsis: Enhancing rural income diversification in Rwanda: Opportunities and challenges |
| title | Synopsis: Enhancing rural income diversification in Rwanda: Opportunities and challenges |
| title_full | Synopsis: Enhancing rural income diversification in Rwanda: Opportunities and challenges |
| title_fullStr | Synopsis: Enhancing rural income diversification in Rwanda: Opportunities and challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Synopsis: Enhancing rural income diversification in Rwanda: Opportunities and challenges |
| title_short | Synopsis: Enhancing rural income diversification in Rwanda: Opportunities and challenges |
| title_sort | synopsis enhancing rural income diversification in rwanda opportunities and challenges |
| topic | employment rural population households income diversification agricultural production access to finance education |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155441 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT schmidtemily synopsisenhancingruralincomediversificationinrwandaopportunitiesandchallenges AT mugaboserge synopsisenhancingruralincomediversificationinrwandaopportunitiesandchallenges AT rosenbachgracie synopsisenhancingruralincomediversificationinrwandaopportunitiesandchallenges |