Musabanganji, Edouard

Short biography 

Edouard Musabanganji is a Professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of Rwanda in the School of Economics, College of Business and Economics. He also serves as Director of the Center for Research in Environmental Economics, Sustainability and Policy (CREESP) and EfD Rwanda. He received his PhD in Agricultural Sciences and Biological Engineering (specialization in Agricultural Economics) from the University of Liège, Belgium, in 2017, following an MSc in Applied Statistics from Université Catholique de Louvain. Prior to and alongside his academic career, he has worked extensively as a researcher, team leader, and development consultant across Rwanda and regionally, with work spanning value chain analysis, climate-smart agriculture, regenerative agriculture and productive use of renewable energy (RA-PURE), energy transition, agroforestry, ecosystem-based adaptation, and household welfare. His recent projects include leading the Rapid Assessment of Regenerative Agriculture and Productive Use of Renewable Energy (RA-PURE) in six districts of Rwanda; co-leading the adoption and impact of agroforestry on productivity and food security; production and adoption of biomass briquettes in urban and peri-urban Rwanda; developing private-sector business models for ecosystem-based adaptation in Kirehe and Musanze districts; and applying hybrid machine learning models to foster horticulture supply chains under extreme climate events. 

Research interests 

Edouard Musabanganji’s research interests lie at the intersection of agricultural economics, environmental economics, rural development, and development economics. He recently worked on projects related to regenerative agriculture and productive use of renewable energy (RA-PURE), clean energy and energy transition, climate-smart agriculture, agroforestry adoption and its impacts on productivity and household food security, private-sector business models for ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change, hybrid machine learning applications for horticulture supply chains under extreme climate events, and energy transition in rural development contexts. 

Seleced recent grants and consultancy (Lead or Co-Lead) related to environment 

• Rapid Assessment of Regenerative Agriculture and Productive Use of Renewable Energy (RA-PURE) in 6 Districts of Rwanda, 2025 

• Fostering Horticulture Supply Chain in Two Selected Districts of Rwanda Under Extreme Climate Events: Hybrid Machine Learning and Metaheuristic Model, Kühne Foundation, Germany, 2024–2025 

• From Concept to Reality: Private sector-centered business models for ecosystem-based adaptation strategies in Kirehe and Musanze districts, Rwanda, Rwanda Environment Management Authority, 2023–2025. 

• Adoption and Impact of agroforestry on productivity and household food security in Rwanda, Swedish International Development Agency through the US-Sweden partnership, 2023–2025 

Awards 

• Erasmus+ Visiting Scholar Fellowship, Kiel University and Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany, 2022 

• ARES Exchange Programme Visiting Scholar Fellowship, University of Liège, Belgium, 2009