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The study assessed the adoption of land use consolidation and its determinants in Nyanza District of Southern Province, Rwanda. Land use consolidation is part of the on-going crop intensification program led by the Ministry of Agriculture in Rwanda. The extent to which this policy has been adopted is less spatially known. In addition, there is scarce knowledge about the factors affecting the adoption of this policy at household level. A sample of 132 households was randomly selected for the interviews conducted in August 2010. The analysis focused on farm, household, and institutional factors to investigate how these determine household’s decision to adopt land use consolidation. The findings show that gender, family size, trust, distance, cropping/farming practices are important determinants of a farmer’s decision to adopt land use consolidation in Nyanza District, Southern Rwanda.
