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More than 70% of Rwanda’s population are subsistence farmers. Shutterstock/Sarine Arslanian

Rwanda’s agricultural revolution is not the success it claims to be

Margot Leegwater, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain); An Ansoms, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain); Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka, Université de Mons; Chris Huggins, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Giuseppe Cioffo, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain); Johanna Treidl, University of Cologne; Jude Murison, University of Antwerp; Julie Van Damme, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain); Neil Dawson, University of East Anglia, and Sam Desiere, KU Leuven

Findings from several scientific studies show the real impact of Rwanda’s agricultural policies and the challenges it faces.
Rwanda’s experience shows that the ‘Green Revolution’ is not as transformative as it is made out to be. Supplied

Why the ‘Green Revolution’ is making farmers poorer in Rwanda

Neil Dawson, University of East Anglia

The modernisation of agriculture has been touted by economists and the IMF as a way of reducing poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. But caution about the benefits of the Green Revolution is advisable.

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