The introducing and diffusion process of agricultural technology in developing country

• Project/Area Number: 25450343
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Agricultural science in rural society and development
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Matsuda Hirotaka 東京大学, 新領域創成科学研究科, 特任准教授 (50451901)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: 農業技術普及 / リスク選好 / ルワンダ共和国 / 家計内資源配分 / 農業生産技術普及 / 貧困緩和

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to suggest strategies of introducing and diffusion of agricultural technology which are able to alleviate poverty thorough understanding introducing and diffusion process of new variety of agricultural products and agricultural technology in rural areas in Eastern province of Republic of Rwanda. A land held by household in research area has become small because of population pressure. They increase number of variety of planted crops although it is difficult to enhance agricultural productivity of the land since the agricultural production in there heavily relies on rain fed. It is inferred that households which may take rather risk have introduced relatively new varieties. A strategy to encourage households which are not willing to take risk introduce new varieties and agricultural technology is able to be considered by showing behavior of those rather risk taking households as model cases.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Geographical accessibility to healthcare and malnutrition in Rwanda (2015)
  • Author(s): Aoun, N., Matsuda, H. and Sekiyama, M.
  • Journal Title: Social Science and Medicine Volume: 130 Pages: 135-145
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Understanding the Determinants of Rural Credit Accessibility: The Case of Ehiaminchini, Fanteakwa District, Ghana. (2015)
  • Author(s): Baffoe, G. and Matsuda, H.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Sustainable Development Volume: 8(6) Pages: 183-195
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Structural changes in agricultural economy of Andhra Pradesh, India: irrigation and cropping pattern aspects (2013)
  • Author(s): Mohan, G., Matsuda, H. and Naidu, G. A.
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Innovative Research and Practices Volume: 1 Pages: 9-18
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Regional level total factor productivity growth in Ghana agriculture (2013)
  • Author(s): Mohan, G. and Matsuda, H.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development Volume: 4 Pages: 195-206
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Children's states of intra-household resource allocation in rural area of Rwanda (2015)
  • Author(s): Matsuda, H., Mohan, G., Sekiyama, M., Aoun, N., Shimamura, Y., Ammitani, Y., Yanagisawa, A., Matsuoka, T., Sasaki, T., Imanishi, H. and Sudo, N.
  • Organizer: The 2nd International Conference on Global Food Security
  • Place of Presentation: Ithaca, U.S.
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-11
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] rocess evaluation of a cooking class of Positive Deviance/Hearth sessions held in the eastern rural area of Rwanda (2015)
  • Author(s): Yanagisawa, A., Sudo, S., Amitani, Y., Sekiyama, M., Caballero, C., Aoun, N., Mukamugema, C., Runesha, S., Matsuoka, T., Imanishi, H., Sasaki, T. and Matsuda, H
  • Organizer: 2th Asian congress of Nutrition
  • Place of Presentation: 日本・横浜
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-14 – 2015-05-18
• [Presentation] Resilience of rice production in Red River Delta under changing climate conditions
  • Author(s): Nguyen, Y. T. B., Kamoshita, A., Dinh, V. T. H., Matsuda, H. and Kurokura, H.
  • Organizer: Japanese Society for Tropical Agriculture
  • Place of Presentation: 東京・東京大学
• [Presentation] Characterization of agricultural production in buffer zone communes surrounding Xuan Thuy National Park, Vietnam
  • Author(s): Dinh, V. T. H., Kamoshita, A., Nguyen, Y. T. B., Matsuda, H. and Kurokura, H.
  • Organizer: Japanese Society for Tropical Agriculture
  • Place of Presentation: 東京・東京大学
• [Presentation] ベトナムとカンボジアの子どもの農業イメー ジの比較
  • Author(s): 小山浩実・鴨下顕彦・松田浩敬・黒倉寿・Nguyen, Y. T. B., Dinh, V. T. H. and Roat, M.
  • Organizer: 日本熱帯農業学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京・東京大学
• [Presentation] 小山浩実・松田浩敬・Nguyen, Y. T. B., Dinh, V. T. H., 黒倉寿・鴨下顕彦
  • Author(s): ベトナムの子どもの農業観に関する予備的な 研究－ゲームによる公共性と授業による態度変容 の解析－
  • Organizer: 日本熱帯農業学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京・東京大学
• [Presentation] Geographical accessibility to healthcare, mother’s status and stunting in Eastern Rwanda
  • Author(s): Aoun, N., Matsuda, H. and Sekiyama, M.
  • Organizer: Japanese Society for Tropical Agriculture
  • Place of Presentation: 東京・東京大学
• [Book] Geospatial Technologies for Natural Resources Management (2013)
  • Author(s): Mohan, G. and Matsuda, H.
  • Total Pages: 472
  • Publisher: New India Publishing Agency