[Obstacles in merging the population and production programs in Rwanda].

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  • Author(s): Rushahigi C
  • Source:
    Imbonezamuryango = Famille, sante, developpement [Imbonezamuryango] 1985 Aug (3), pp. 44-9.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article
  • Language:
    French
  • Additional Information
    • Transliterated Title:
      Les obstacles lies au programme de population et de production au Rwanda
    • Source:
      Publisher: Office National De La Population Country of Publication: Rwanda NLM ID: 9006527 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print NLM ISO Abbreviation: Imbonezamuryango
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Kigali : Office National De La Population
      Original Publication: Kigali : ONAPO, [1984-1993]
    • Subject Terms:
      Agriculture* ; Economics* ; Family Planning Policy* ; Health Planning Guidelines* ; Health Services Needs and Demand* ; Motivation* ; Population Dynamics* ; Public Policy* ; Social Planning*; Africa ; Africa South of the Sahara ; Africa, Eastern ; Africa, Northern ; Child ; Conservation of Natural Resources ; Dependency, Psychological ; Developing Countries ; Environment ; Food Supply ; Industry ; Rwanda
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Indexing Agency: PIP Local ID #: 032280. Indexing Agency: POP Local ID #: 00152429.
      Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara*; Agriculture*; Carrying Capacity; Child Worth; Consumption*; Dependency Burden; Developing Countries; Development Planning*; Disincentives*; Eastern Africa*; Economic Factors; Environment; Family Planning Policy*; Food Supply; French Speaking Africa; Household Consumption; Incentives*; Industry; Land Supply; Macroeconomic Factors*; Microeconomic Factors; Natural Resources; Needs*; Policy; Population Policy*; Population Pressure*; Recommendations*; Rwanda; Social Policy
      Note: TJ: FAMILLE, SANTE, DEVELOPPEMENT/IMBONEZAMULYANGO
      Local Abstract: [PIP] One of the problems currently observed in Rwanda is that the most densely populated prefectures do not show better agricultural production. Agricultural technology having reached a logistical plateau, and secondary and tertiary industries for the absorption of the surplus labor force being absent, there is considerable population pressure. It is naive to believe that the now densely populated lands will be induced through radical improvement of exploitation technology to be productive to the point of maintaining more than 9,000,000 people, the projected population of Rwanda for the year 2000. 13.6% of the population is now unemployed, and most agricultural workers produce little surplus. There would be hope for producing a national agricultural surplus by the year 2000, saleable abroad and having as a result the slow establishment of an industrial sector, only if the efforts of a family planning program plateaued the population at 8,000,000. A chart outlines the comulative economic effects of children on a single family, showing considerable financial strain of only 4 children. Bold steps to counter pronatalist attitudes might include elimination of tax benefits for large families, elimination of an identity card with spaces for 12 births and replacing it with one providing for differentials in consumer prices for numbers of children, bonuses for older marriages, and minimum wealth provisions for marriages.
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 19850801 Date Completed: 19860211 Latest Revision: 20191210
    • Publication Date:
      20240829
    • Accession Number:
      12340376