Rwanda coffee stakeholder priorities and opportunities to improve farmer investment

Andrew Gerard and Jared Pauli

No 303678, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP)

Abstract: Key Findings -Rwanda coffee stakeholders prioritized topchallenges in sector between 2015 and 2018. -They identified changes that took place 2015- 2018 and suggested steps needed to boost farmer investment -Stakeholders ranked improving knowledge of potato taste defect and increasing farmer incomes as some of the most important challenges -Challenges related to pesticide and fertilizer became less important as progress occurred in distribution and research -The top change stakeholders observed between 2015-2018 was improvement in farmer extension and service provision -To increase farmer investment, stakeholders suggested (1) increasing coffee cherry prices; (2) building capacity for farmers/ value chain actors; (3) improving access to inputs/ equipment

Keywords: Agribusiness; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 5
Date: 2020-03-10
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303678

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