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Title:Evaluation of Small-Scale Aquaculture with Intra-Rural Household Trade as an Alternative Enterprise for Limited Resource Farmers: The Case of Rwanda
Authors:Hishamunda, Nathanaël
Jolly, Curtis M.ISNI
Engle, Carole R.ISNI
Year:1998
Periodical:Food Policy
Volume:23
Issue:2
Period:April
Pages:143-154
Language:English
Geographic term:Rwanda
Subjects:aquaculture
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
Development and Technology
Economics and Trade
External link:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0306-9192(98)00025-6
Abstract:The competitive position of small-scale fish production, compared with other activities, was assessed in terms of its net returns above costs, protein, and welfare effects on Rwandan households. The purpose was to determine whether small-scale fish culture made the best use of the land. Fish culture was compared with sweet potato, irish potato, cassava, taro, sorghum, maize, red beans, soybeans, and cabbage production. Whole farm enterprise budgeting and quantitative systems for business techniques were applied to analyse pond records and data collected through personal interviews held in 1991. Results indicated that small-scale aquaculture was the most expensive way of producing protein after cassava. Soybean was the cheapest source of protein for rural farm households. With trade, small-scale aquaculture was competitive with the other enterprises for the use of scarce resources. Tilapia production was the most promising enterprise for augmenting, within the farming system, the rural farm household's welfare in a subsistence economy like Rwanda. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum.
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