Land consolidation,specialization and household diets: Evidence from Rwanda |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Rome, Italy;2. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Accra, Ghana;1. Department of Agricultural Land Surveying, Cadastre and Photogrammetry, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Land Surveying, University of Agriculture in Krakow, ul. Balicka 253a, 30-198, Krakow, Poland;2. Department of Landscape Ecology, Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. Krygowskiegio 10, 61-680, Poznan, Poland;1. Faculty of Geo-Information Science (ITC), University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands;2. Department of Business Technology and Entrepreneurship, Swinburne Business School, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia;1. Lands Commission, Tamale, P. O. Box TL 164, Northern Region, Ghana;2. Legewei 14, 9245 VH Nij Beets, The Netherlands;3. Faculty of Geo-Information Science, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands;4. Department of Real Estate and Land Management, University for Development Studies (UDS—Wa Campus), P.O. Box UPW 3, Wa, Ghana;1. College of Tourism, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China;2. School of Community Resources and Development, Arizona State University, United States;1. Middlebury, USA;2. IDS, UK;3. Concern Worldwide, Zambia;4. IFPRI, USA;5. University of Zambia, Zambia;6. Gates Foundation, USA;1. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Center for Assessment and Research on Targeted Poverty Alleviation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100101, China;2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;3. Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100081, China;4. Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems (CSISS), George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA |
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| Abstract: | Despite rapid population growth, increasing land pressure and urbanization, farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa have not intensified their production in a sustainable manner and farming systems remain predominantly subsistence-oriented. In response, developing country governments increasingly implement programs that promote crop intensification and more commercially-oriented agricultural systems. Rwanda’s Crop Intensification Program (CIP), launched in 2007, is one such example. However, despite its apparent success in raising production of several priority crops, there are legitimate concerns about the food and nutrition security implications for households that are encouraged to consolidate their land, specialize in their production, and increasingly rely on markets for their food needs. Using recent household survey data and a propensity score matching difference-in-differences method, we find that participation in land consolidation activities had ambiguous consumption effects: it positively impacted on consumption of roots and tubers, but had a negative effect on meat, fish and fruits consumption and the potential availability of vitamin B12 in participants’ diets. This calls for a review of CIP implementation practices to enhance the program’s food and nutrition security outcomes, with improvements in market functioning and market access being potential starting points. |
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| Keywords: | Crop intensification Food security Nutrition, impact evaluation Rwanda |
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