Datasource:
Agricultural Household Survey
Period:
July to September, 2017
During the Agricultural year September 2016 - June 2017, Rwanda had an estimated 2.1 million agricultural households. This constitutes about 80.2 percent of total estimated households of the country
Out of total agricultural households, 27.8 percent were headed by female.
78.6 percent of all households in Rwanda were engaged in crop production, whereas 62.6 percent of households engaged in livestock. Of the estimated 2.1 million agricultural households in Rwanda, 76.4 percent have main activity of crop production and livestock, followed by 21.8 percent whose main activity is crop production and 1.8 percent exclusively in livestock production. Average size agricultural household is 4.5.