Farmers, Institutions and Land Conservation Institutional Economic Analysis of Bench Terraces in The Highlands of Rwanda | Land Portal

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Date of publication: 
June 2011
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Rwanda LAND (Research) - 15
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Wageningen School of Social Sciences

This study consists of seven chapters. Chapter 1 sets the stage of the thesis in terms of problem statement, theoretical perspective, objectives and research questions, the research area and data collection procedure, and ends with this outline. Chapter 2 will provide an account of soil erosion against the background of the environmental discourses that have emerged over time in Rwanda. Chapter 3 will discuss how farmers perceive their participation, the role of their organizations and institutions in soil and water conservation in Northern and Southern Rwanda.
Chapter 4 will focus on the financial profitability and technical effectiveness of established bench terraces in the research area, while Chapters 5 and 6 are concerned with the adoption of bench and progressive terraces in the study area. Thanks to information obtained from farmers during the survey, the impact(s) of various local institutions on the adoption of these terrace structures is estimated in Chapter 5. Chapter 6 will ‘unpack’ the adoption process of bench terraces to estimate current and future adoption upon farmers’ capacity to invest in existing and new terraces. Finally, Chapter 7 will provides some major conclusions and policy and research options for future generation of soil and water conservation in Rwanda. Figure 2 shows the organizational framework of the study of SWC issues in Rwanda

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Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Alfred R. Bizoza

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The Wageningen School of Social Sciences (WASS) promotes research that increases our understanding of social processes and designs practices around challenges in the domains of food, agriculture, environment, health and development. WASS provides an enabling environment for internationally oriented scholars from a diverse set of disciplinary, interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary research traditions.

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The LAND Project is a five year program supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Its primary goal is strengthening the resilience of Rwandan citizens, communities and institutions and their ability to adapt to land-related economic, environmental and social changes.

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