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Assessing the value of diverse cropping systems under a new agricultural policy environment in Rwanda

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In Rwanda, farmers’ traditional farming systems based on intercropping and varietal mixtures are designed to meet a variety of livelihood objectives and withstand risks associated with fluctuation in market and agro-climatic conditions. However, these mixed systems have been disappearing since 2008 when government mandated intensification strategies. In this paper we use a mixed methods approach to evaluate intercropping and sole cropping systems against farmers’ criteria for success: yield, market value, contribution to nutritional quality, and land-use efficiency. We used qualitative interviews to understand the criteria by which farmers evaluate cropping systems, and data from crop trials to assess common bean ((Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and maize (Zea mays L.)) sole crops and intercrops against those criteria. We found that an improved intercropping system tends to outperform the government-mandated system of alternating sole-cropped bean and maize season-by-season, on all four of the criteria tested. Although Rwanda’s agricultural intensification strategy aims to improve rural livelihoods through agricultural modernization, it fails to acknowledge the multiple and currently non-replaceable benefits that diverse cropping systems provide, particularly food security and risk management. Agricultural policies need to be based on a better understanding of smallholders’ objectives and constraints. Efforts to improve farming systems require innovative and inclusive approaches that enable adaptation to the socio-ecological context.

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We wish to acknowledge Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) and Rural Northern Development (DERN) for providing assistance and staff resources in this study. We are grateful to Louis Butare (RAB) for administrative and field assistance and Edouard Murwanashyaka (RAB) and especially Faustin Nshimiyimana (DERN) for providing technical field assistance at the research stations and with data collection. Research was supported by funds from a Fulbright-Hayes Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Dry Grain Pulses Collaborative Research Support Program (Cooperative Agreement EDH-A-00-07-00005-00). The content is solely the responsibility of the author(s) and does not necessarily represent the official views of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

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    Krista B. Isaacs

  2. Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 286 Plant and Soil Science Building, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA

    Sieglinde S. Snapp

  3. Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University, Natural Resource Building, 480 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA

    Kimberly Chung

  4. Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, 513 N Park Avenue, Bloomington, IN, 47408, USA

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Isaacs, K.B., Snapp, S.S., Chung, K. et al. Assessing the value of diverse cropping systems under a new agricultural policy environment in Rwanda. Food Sec. 8, 491–506 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-016-0582-x

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