Rwanda - Rwanda Seasonal Agriculture Survey 2014
Reference ID
RWA-NISR-RSAS-2014-V1.2
Year
2013 - 2014
Country
Rwanda
Producer(s)
National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda NISR
Metadata
Documentation in PDF
Last modified
Jun 30, 2017
Documentation
Download the questionnaires, technical documents and reports that describe the survey process and the key results for this study.
Questionnaires
Screening Questionnaire_ Big Farmers
Author(s)
National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda
Date
2013-09-01
Country
Rwanda
Language
Kinyarwanda
Publisher(s)
National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda
Description
This is the screening questionnaire used for big farmers
Download
q-sas-2014-screening-big-farmers-kiny.pdf
screening questionnaire_ segments
Author(s)
National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda
Date
2013-09-01
Country
Rwanda
Language
Kinyarwanda
Publisher(s)
NISR
Description
This is the screening questionnaire used for SAS 2015 segments
Download
q-sas-2014-screening-segments-kin.pdf
Author(s)
National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda
Date
2013-09-01
Country
Rwanda
Language
Kinyarwanda
Publisher(s)
NISR
Description
This is the farm questionnaire used for SAS 2015
Download
q-sas-2014-farm-questionnaire-kiny.pdf
Reports
Seasonal Agriculture Survey Report 2014
Author(s)
National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda
Date
2015-05-02
Country
Rwanda
Language
English
Contributor(s)
The 2015 SAS was implemented by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI), National Agriculture Export Board (NAEB), Rwanda Agricultural Board (RAB), Ministry of
Publisher(s)
National Institute of Statistics Of Rwanda
Description
This is the Seasonal Agriculture Survey report.
Table of contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................................... v
LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................... ix
ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................. xi
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................ xiii
Chapter 1: Introduction ........................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Need for Agricultural Statistics ................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Objectives of the survey .............................................................................................................. 1
1.3 Time frame ................................................................................................................................... 1
Chapter 2: Methodology of the Survey ................................................................................. 3
2.1 Coverage of the Survey ............................................................................................................... 3
2.2 Multiple Frame Survey Design ................................................................................................... 3
2.3 Area Frame and List Frame Construction ................................................................................. 3
2.3.1 Area Frame Construction ......................................................................................................... 3
2.3.2 List Frame Construction ....................................................................................................... 5
2.3.3. Distribution of Strata in Districts ......................................................................................... 5
Chapter 3: Sampling and Data Collection Methodology ..................................................... 7
3.1 Sampling ...................................................................................................................................... 7
3.1.1 Sampling Design and Selection of Segments in 2014 .................................................... 7
3.1.2 Distribution of Sampled Primary Sampling Units.............................................................. 7
3.1.3 Sampling of Secondary Sampling Units ............................................................................ 8
3.1.4 Selection of Respondents in Phase I ................................................................................. 8
3.1.5 Selection of respondents in Phase II .............................................................................. 9
3.1.6 Estimation Methodology .................................................................................................... 9
3.2 Data Collection and Processing ............................................................................................... 11
3.2.1 Contents of Data Collection Tools .................................................................................... 11
3.2.2 Data Collection ................................................................................................................. 11
3.3 Data Processing and Analysis .................................................................................................. 13
3.4 Improvements............................................................................................................................. 13 ii
Chapter 4: Results of the 2014 Season A ........................................................................... 15
4.1 Demographic and Social Characteristics of Agricultural Operators .................................... 15
4.1.1 Number of Agricultural farmers by type ........................................................................... 15
4.1.2 Number of Agricultural Operators by Gender ................................................................. 16
4.1.3 Age distribution of Agricultural Operators ........................................................................ 17
4.1.4 Education Level of Agricultural Operators ....................................................................... 18
4.1.5 Residency of Agricultural Operators in Segments ......................................................... 20
4.2 Date of Sowing ............................................................................................................................ 21
4.3 Farm Characteristics (Area, Yield and Production) ............................................................... 22
4.3.1 Crop Areas ........................................................................................................................... 23
4.3.2 Crop Yields ........................................................................................................................... 28
4.3.3 Crop Production ................................................................................................................... 29
4.4 Agricultural Practices ................................................................................................................. 32
4.4.1 Pure and Mixed Cropping .................................................................................................. 32
4.4.2 Use of Organic Fertilizer..................................................................................................... 33
4.4.3 Use of Inorganic Fertilizer by Agricultural Operators and Large Scale Farmers ....... 35
4.4.4 Use of Seeds ........................................................................................................................ 36
4.4.5 Irrigation Practices............................................................................................................... 38
4.4.6 Anti-erosive Activities .......................................................................................................... 40
4.4.7 Use of Pesticides ................................................................................................................. 42
4.5 Small Agricultural Equipment .................................................................................................... 45
4.6 Use of Crop Production by Agricultural Operators and by Large Scale Farmers ............. 46
Chapter 5: Results of the 2014 Season B ........................................................................... 51
5.1 Demographic and Social Characteristics of Agricultural Operators .................................... 53
5.1.1 Agricultural Operators and Large Scale Farmers by Stratum ...................................... 53
5.1.2 Number of Agricultural Operators by Gender ..................................................................... 54
5.1.3 Distribution of Agricultural Operators by Age .................................................................. 55
5.1.4 Education Level of Agricultural Operators ....................................................................... 56
5.1.5 Residency of Agricultural Operators in Segments ......................................................... 58 iii
5.2 Date of Sowing ............................................................................................................................ 58
5.3 Farm Characteristics (Area, Yield and Production) ............................................................... 60
5.3.1 Crop Areas ........................................................................................................................... 60
5.3.2 Crop Yields ........................................................................................................................... 65
5.3.3 Crop Production ................................................................................................................... 66
5.4 Agricultural Practices ................................................................................................................. 69
5.4.1 Pure and Mixed Cropping .................................................................................................. 69
5.4.2 Use of Organic Fertilizer..................................................................................................... 70
5.4.3 Use of Inorganic Fertilizers by Agricultural Operators and Large Scale Farmers ..... 71
5.4.4 Use of Seeds ........................................................................................................................ 73
5.4.5 Irrigation Practice ................................................................................................................ 76
5.4.6 Anti-erosive Activities .......................................................................................................... 78
5.4.7 Use of Pesticides ................................................................................................................. 80
5.5 Small Agricultural Equipment .................................................................................................... 82
5.6 Use of Crop Production by Agricultural Operators and by Large Scale Farmers ............. 85
Chapter 6: Results of the 2014 Season C ........................................................................... 91
6.1 Demographic and Social Characteristics of Agricultural Operators .................................... 91
6.1.1 Agricultural Operators by Stratum .................................................................................... 91
6.1.2 Number of Agricultural Operators by Gender ................................................................. 92
6.1.3 Age Distribution of Agricultural Operators ....................................................................... 92
6.1.4 Education Level of Agricultural Operators ....................................................................... 94
6.1.5 Residency of Agricultural Operators in Segments ......................................................... 95
6.2 Date of Sowing ............................................................................................................................ 96
6.3 Farm Characteristics (Area, Yield and Production) ............................................................... 97
6.3.1 Crop Areas ........................................................................................................................... 97
6.3.2 Crop Yields ......................................................................................................................... 100
6.3.3 Crop Production ................................................................................................................. 101
6.4 Agricultural Practices ............................................................................................................... 102
6.4.1 Pure and Mixed Cropping ................................................................................................ 102 iv
6.4.2 Use of Organic Fertilizer................................................................................................... 103
6.4.3 Use of Inorganic Fertilizers by Agricultural Operators ................................................. 103
6.4.4 Use of Seeds ...................................................................................................................... 105
6.4.5 Irrigation Practice .............................................................................................................. 106
6.4.6 Anti-erosive Activities ........................................................................................................ 108
6.4.7 Use of Pesticides ............................................................................................................... 109
6.5 Small Agricultural Equipment .................................................................................................. 111
6.6 Use of Crop Production by Agricultural Operators .............................................................. 113
General conclusion ............................................................................................................. 115
Annex 1: Comparison table of crop's coverage between 2013 SAS and 2014 SAS .... 117
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sas-2014-final-report-v1.0.pdf
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