Department of Agriculture Extension and Rural Development, University of Ibadan,Ibadan, Nigeria
Review Article
The Effects of rural income project on silk exports and livelihood of smallholder producers in Gatsibo District, Rwanda
Author(s): Abiola Ogunlusi*
Sericulture has been seen in Rwanda as an opportunity for increasing raw materials
for the textile industry. Therefore, it has provided a new source of income, reduced
unemployment and most likely to improve the livelihood status of poor sericulture
smallholder producers by increasing their income earnings. The high yield in silk
production has been pleasing due to the favorable climatic conditions for mulberry
cultivation; sericulture has been seen as a potential tool to reduce poverty and also
to generate foreign exchanges from exportation. The broad objective of this paper
focuses on the impact of the livelihood status of smallholder producers in Rwanda.
Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were employed in selecting 286
sericulture households’ farmers in the Gatsibo district. Data for this study were
analyzed using descriptive statist.. Read More»