Examining the adoption of agroforestry in Southern Rwanda: a double hurdle approach

J Ngango, E Musabanganji, A Maniriho… - Forest Science and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This article analyzes determinants of farmers' adoption decisions for agroforestry practices
and the extent of adoption in rural Rwanda. The study also investigates the key constraints …

Technical efficiency and technological gaps correcting for selectivity bias: Insights from a value chain project in Nepal

F Neubauer, T Songsermsawas, J Kámiche-Zegarra… - Food Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Strengthening linkages with markets along the value chain is a promising pathway to
increase agricultural productivity, welfare, and food security of smallholder producers in …

Assessing rural farmers' willingness to pay for crop insurance scheme: Evidence from Rwanda

J Ngango, F Nkurunziza… - Cogent Economics & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Agriculture plays a significant role in Rwanda's economic growth but is still highly rain-fed
with risks and losses caused by adverse natural and climate shocks. Agricultural insurance …

Investigating yield variability and technical efficiency of smallholders pineapple production in Johor

MZ Muhamad, MN Shamsudin, NH Kamarulzaman… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This research investigates the efficiency of pineapple production in Malaysia using the
stochastic frontier model with flexible risk features and a sample of 290 pineapple farms by …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the impact of sustainable land-scape management practices on farm productivity under intensifying tropical cyclones: Evidence from Southern …

I Pangapanga-Phiri, ED Mungatana… - … Cyclone Research and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Southern Malawi is continuously affected by tropical cyclone-related floods (TCRFs), which
have negative consequences on households' livelihoods, thereby displacing most …

[PDF][PDF] AI Based Real-Time Weather Condition Prediction with Optimized Agricultural Resources

N Pierre, IVI Viviane, U Lambert… - European Journal of …, 2023 - ajpojournals.org
Purpose: Unpredictable and rapid change in weather patterns has great impact on
agricultural activities, especially for precision agriculture that results in worsened water …

Development of AI-Based Maize Storage Monitoring System Using IoT

I Viviane, M Emmanuel, M Rene… - … and Control (IC&C), 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The agriculture sector in Rwanda put much consideration into maize farming on which the
acceleration in sustainable agriculture and rural development is being based, as maize has …

Land size, Productivity, and the Choice of Livelihood Strategies among Rural Youths in Rwanda

A Kangondo, GI Mlay, NS Mdoe… - African Journal of …, 2024 - journals.co.za
This study used the 2016/17 wave of the Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey
from the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda to assess the effect of land size and …

[PDF][PDF] Determinants of sustainable agricultural intensification adoption and impacts on household productivity and consumption in Rwanda

J Ngango, F Nkurunziza, MS Rumanzi, RA Cyamweshi - 2022 - kobra.uni-kassel.de
Sustainable agricultural intensification (SAI) involves those farming systems that produce in
ways that improve or maintain productivity with minimal effects on the environment so that …

Digital Literacy and Crop Productivity: Evidence from cross-sectional data in Hai and Moshi Districts, Kilimanjaro-Tanzania

MS Hassani, HI Mohamed, JK Urassa… - Tanzania Journal of …, 2023 - ajol.info
Access to information through digital platforms particularly social media has the potential to
improve agricultural productivity, hence improvement of smallholder farmers' well-being …