Abstract:
Considering the need of efficient allocation of agricultural financial resources, a study has been conducted in attempt to determine the priority areas for agricultural policy action. A sample of 90 rural households has been selected in Rutegama and Kabarore communes for socio-economic analyses. The study of the economic capital revealed that it is almost only composed by the farm land which is very small and fragmented in several plots under extensive use. Our data show that access to food depends almost exclusively to agricultural production which brings only 65 % and 84 % of the energy requirements respectively in Kabarore and Rutegama. We observed that land use is the root of poverty and food insecurity. Land management should be the primary priority for a comprehensive rural development and food policy. Such policy could benefit enormously from the mobilization of the socio-cultural capital available in rural areas.
