Effects of agricultural green revolution on farmers of Ngoma District, Rwanda
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2011-03
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Kampala International University,College of Education
Abstract
In general, green revolution of agriculture began in 1943 in the crop land of Mexico to
aid in the nationals’ industrial development and economic growth. In 1984 agriculture
green revolution have been advanced in African countries and the progress has been
slow. Through the application of agriculture green revolution, in 2009, Rwanda, for the
first time, saw the production of crops exceed the consumption needs.
Although there is a high production of crops in Rwanda today, particularly in Ngoma
district, there is yet another big problem in terms of market. The farmers carry out
intensive farming which leads to high production of both food crops and cash crops
which would help to improve the farmer’s economic levels and the economic
development of the country at large. It is unfortunate that the farmers lack the market
for their products. Owing to the problem above, the researcher picked interest to carry
out this study to find out possible solutions to the problem.
The main purpose of the study was to investigate and assess the effects of agriculture
green revolution on farmers of Ngoma district.
The research report adopted a case study research design. The sample size of 162 was
selected from 280 respondents of whom 153 were farmers and 9 agronomists using
stratified random sampling. Questionnaire and interview guide were used as
instruments of collecting data.
The findings of the study showed that green revolution policy has positive effects on
economic development of farmers. Among those, revealed the following: green
revolution agriculture has contributed to the increase of crops; easy distribution and use
of agricultural inputs such as seeds, fertilizers and pesticides; easy sensitization and
giving information to the farmers about agriculture green revolution policy; sustainable
land use and land use consolidation.
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But green revolution agriculture still has same limitations which needs to be addressed,
such as climate change; low level of mechanization and irrigation; lack of enough
knowledge about utilization of chemical fertilizer and chemical pesticides on the party
of farmers; lack of market to the farmers in order to sell their crops; also, the
respondents have mentioned the problem related to the poor infrastructure which affect
the transport of crops and the problem of rural finance banking which is not enough in
order to give the loans to the farmers for increasing their level of investment.
Finally, the study recommended that development of infrastructure; decentralization of
industries; Economic management; improvement of local, regional, internal and
external market exchange; development of strategies for protection of environment and
an increase in the level of mechanization and irrigation should be done in order to
eradicate the challenges of agriculture green revolution in Rwanda.
Description
A Thesis Report Presented to the School of Postgraduate Studies and Research Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master Of Arts in Management Administration and Development
Keywords
Agriculture, Farmers, Green revolution, Rwanda, Ngoma district