Determinants of Farm-Level Conservation Investments in Rwanda
| dc.creator | Clay, Daniel C. | |
| dc.creator | Reardon, Thomas | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T19:22:04Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T08:51:08Z | |
| dc.description | This paper analyzes the determinants of conservation investments at the farm level in Rwanda. The following tend to be important promoters of investment: (a) own-sources of liquidity, especially from off-farm employment; (b) smaller landholdings; (c) household labour; and, under certain circumstances (d) conservation knowledge (possibly from extension). But insecurity of land tenure (reflected in the share of rented land) tends to decrease investment. The policy implications are: (a) projects and policies aimed at developing off-farm enterprises by farm families can also indirectly promote soil conservation on-farm; this should be important to the Rwanda government and to external donors that are actively pursuing both to promote rural food security; (b) extension service's emphasis on conservation measures has clear pay-offs at the farm level, and also increases the compatibility of conservation and income diversification; (c) the nature of the land market and land tenure policy affect conservation investments. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.198060 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/198060/files/agecon-occpapers-1997-022_1_.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/198060 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/603245 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/198060 | |
| dc.title | Determinants of Farm-Level Conservation Investments in Rwanda | |
| dc.type | Text |