[Rwandan authorities preoccupied with the problem of disequilibrium between population and production].

Les autorites Rwandaises preoccupees par le probleme de desequilibre entre la population et la production. Abayobozi b'igihugu cyacu bahagurukiye kurushaho gushaka umuti w'ikibazo cy'ubwiyongere bw'abaturarwanda butajyanye n'ubw'umusaruro.

Publisher: Office National De La Population Country of Publication: Rwanda NLM ID: 9006527 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print NLM ISO Abbreviation: Imbonezamuryango

Publication: Kigali : Office National De La Population
Original Publication: Kigali : ONAPO, [1984-1993]

Agriculture* ; Demography* ; Efficiency* ; Environment* ; Environmental Pollution* ; Family Planning Policy* ; Fertility* ; Food Supply* ; Population Density* ; Population Dynamics* ; Population Growth* ; Public Policy*; Africa ; Africa South of the Sahara ; Africa, Eastern ; Africa, Northern ; Conservation of Natural Resources ; Developing Countries ; Economics ; Geography ; Population ; Rwanda ; Social Planning

Indexing Agency: PIP Local ID #: 063838. Indexing Agency: POP Local ID #: 00199075.
Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Agricultural Development*; Carrying Capacity; Demographic Factors*; Developing Countries; Eastern Africa; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Environment*; Environmental Degradation; Family Planning Policy*; Fertility*; Food Supply*; French Speaking Africa; Geographic Factors; Natural Resources; Overpopulation*; Policy; Population; Population Density*; Population Dynamics*; Population Growth*; Population Policy*; Population Pressure*; Population Size*; Productivity*; Rural Development; Rwanda; Social Policy; Soil Degradation*; Spatial Distribution
Note: TJ: FAMILLE, SANTE, DEVELOPPEMENT / IMBONEZAMURYANGO
Local Abstract: [PIP] The density and rapid growth of population are Rwanda's most pressing national problem. the magnitude of the population problem cannot be adequately grasped without consideration of soil exhaustion and insufficient productivity of agricultural lands and the nutritional and health problems of the population. All citizens and authorities of Rwanda must respond at once to the need to increase production and control demographic growth. Members of the Central Committee of the National Revolutionary Movement for Development and government officials held joint meetings in June 1990 to consider a 4-volume work on population and family planning problems in Rwanda prepared by the National Office of Population and to debate the social, psychological, religious, and financial constraints on family planning programs in Rwanda. The meetings stressed that the imbalance between population and production is at the root of a series of social, economic, and health problems. It is the basic cause of famines in some regions of Rwanda, which threaten to become endemic if nothing is done to modify the demographic situation. The public powers, who are responsible for the welfare of the population, cannot remain indifferent to the prospect of a population growth rate expected to accelerate from 3.6% per year to 4.5% by 2011 if nothing is done. Attempts have been made to reconcile the views of the Catholic Church with the need to control population growth in Rwanda. The ultimate objective of Rwanda's population policy is to achieve food self-sufficiency through a decline in fertility. Family planning must be promoted at the same time that efforts are made to reduce early childhood mortality, increase awareness of family welfare, and provide training in demography and family planning.

Date Created: 19900801 Date Completed: 19910425 Latest Revision: 20161021

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