Food crop production in Rwanda is predominantly depend on the productivity in small– and fragmented farms. Raising productivity levels in smallholder farms therefore represents a vital means to economic growth and poverty reduction in Rwanda. The government of Rwanda is constantly seeking ways and policies to intensify production and raise farmers' income on existing land. 

Heavy investments are being made to revamp marshland, improve irrigation systems, facilitate inputs and mechanization to diversity and enhance the level of productivity in small farms. 

Since the scope of physical expansion of cultivable land area are limited, proper utilization of land is paramount to food security for the rapidly growing population. To help manage the farm lands with an object of supporting economic development and social welfare, Rwanda’s organic land law endorses the consolidation of the use of small plots of farm lands in order to improve land management and agriculture productivity.

Ministry of agriculture (MINAGRI) has embarked on a simplified land use consolidation model whereby farmers in a given area grow the priority food crops (maize, rice, wheat, Irish potato, cassava, soybean and beans) in a synchronized fashion while keeping their land right intact.