Relative to other developing regions, the role of land consolidation in increasing crop yields
is poorly understood in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper examines the role of land use …

This paper considers the progress made in the implementation of Rwanda's Vision 2020
programme since its launch in 2000. At the halfway point, the overall picture is quite …

Land consolidation is argued as a tool for increasing food security. However, past attempts
to consolidate Sub-Saharan Africa's rural customary lands disregarded the existing land …

Land use consolidation aims to address food insecurity challenges in Rwanda. However,
there is contradictory evidence on whether this tool has met food security objectives or not …

Over the past decade, African agriculture sectors have been the object of numerous
initiatives advancing a 'new'Green Revolution for the continent. The low productivity of …

Agroforestry is widely considered as a sustainable land management practice with multiple
ecosystem benefits that support farmers' livelihoods. While there is much evidence that the …

Livestock is an essential component of smallholder farming systems in the East African
highlands. The 'One cow per poor family'programme was initiated in Rwanda as part of a …

Limited producer participation and voice in the governance structures of the coffee value
chain in Rwanda, a common occurrence in many agricultural export sectors in the …

Unsustainable land use management and the resulting soil erosion are among the most
pervasive problems in rural Ethiopia, where most of the country's people live, jeopardizing …

Land reallocation is an important step of land consolidation where farmland parcels are
reorganised and redistributed. Most current land reallocation approaches focus on the …