Overview
Abstract
The main objective of the Seasonal Agriculture Survey is to provide timely, accurate, reliable and comprehensive agricultural
statistics that describe the structure of agriculture in Rwanda in terms of land use, crop production and livestock to monitor
current agricultural and food supply conditions and to facilitate evidence based decision making for the development of
Agriculture sector.
In this regard, the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda conducted the Seasonal Agriculture Survey (SAS) from November
2017 to October 2018 to gather up-to-date information for monitoring progress on agriculture programs and policies in
Rwanda, including the Second Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS II) and Vision 2020. This 2018
RSAS covered three agricultural seasons (A, B and C) and provides data on background characteristics of the agricultural
operators, farm characteristics (area, yield and production), agricultural practices, agricultural equipments, use of crop
production by agricultural operators and by large scale farmers.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Units of Analysis
This seasonal agriculture survey focused on the following units of analysis: Agricultural Operators and Large Scale Farmers
The scope of 2018 Seasonal Agriculture Survey concerned farm characteristics ( Area, yield and production; agricultural
practices; small agricultural equipments; and use of crop production).
National coverage allowing district-level estimation of key indicators
The RSAS 2018 targeted potential agriicultural land and large scale farmers
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