ACTION LEVERS FOR A SUSTAINABLE FARMLAND MANAGEMENT IN NIGER

International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics (IJFAEC), 2015, vol. 03, issue 4, 12

Abstract: This study aims to contribute to the understanding of factors influencing the sustainable farmland management in Niger. Specifically, it examines the determinants of adoption of sustainable land management practices including measures to combat erosion, and the use of manure, residues and fertilizer with a view to support the formulation of efficient land use policies based on evidences given fact that the impact of factors influencing farmland management appears to be specific to each context. The study is based on data from the National Survey of Household Living Conditions and Agriculture of 2011 (ECVMA-2011) analyzed within the framework of multivariate Probit model. The results show that there are unobservable interdependences between the decisions on farmland management practices. Furthermore, several types of factors related to access to physical, human, financial and biophysical capitals as well as infrastructure and services seem to play an important role. In addition, it appears that more security is needed in land tenure for a sustainable farmland management while farmland defragmentation can act negatively on sustainable farmland management.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Political Economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.229192

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