Commercialization of agriculture under population pressure: effects on production, consumption, and nutrition in Rwanda

von Braun, J. and de Haen, H. and Blanken , J. (1991) Commercialization of agriculture under population pressure: effects on production, consumption, and nutrition in Rwanda. Documentation. IFPRI, Washington, USA.

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Abstract

This study highlights the potentials of agricultural development for the employment, income, and consumption of the poor, but also stresses that nonagricultural rural growth and employment expansion are key to improved food security andnutrition in this setting. The authors show that the delivery of public goods- health services, sanitation, and education-has to move ahead in order to maintain and improve the human capital foundation in this stressed environment. The study is based on detailed primary household data utilized ininnovative ways to assess the household's and farmer's (and her husband's) behavior in the subsistence economy vis-a-vis options for specialization. A number of interesting policy findings emerge, such as the poor being too poor to capture the gains from efficent specialization because they need totake care of subsistence-based insurance against hunger. While generally favorable effects of commercialization of agriculture for nutrition are manifested by this study and preceding IFPRI studies on this topic, the present study also draws attention to the need for concern about land tenure whenthe stimulus for agricultural commercialization is given in a land-scarce environment

Item Type:	Monograph (Documentation)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Agricultural policy; Food supply; Food consumption; Exports; commercial farming; Nutrition, RP6936
Author Affiliation:	IFPRI
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Agricultural Extension,Technology, ICT
Divisions:	General
Depositing User:	Mr Daneti Raju
Date Deposited:	16 Mar 2014 05:31
Last Modified:	16 Mar 2014 05:31
URI:	http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/12605

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