ACTION LEVERS FOR A SUSTAINABLE FARMLAND MANAGEMENT IN NIGER
2015
Mahamadou Roufahi Tankari
This study aims to contribute to the understanding of factors influencing the sustainablefarmland management in Niger. Specifically, it examines the determinants of adoption ofsustainable land management practices including measures to combat erosion, and the useof manure, residues and fertilizer with a view to support the formulation of efficient land usepolicies based on evidences given fact that the impact of factors influencing farmlandmanagement appears to be specific to each context. The study is based on data from theNational Survey of Household Living Conditions and Agriculture of 2011 (ECVMA-2011)analyzed within the framework of multivariate Probit model. The results show that there areunobservable interdependences between the decisions on farmland management practices.Furthermore, several types of factors related to access to physical, human, financial andbiophysical capitals as well as infrastructure and services seem to play an important role. Inaddition, it appears that more security is needed in land tenure for a sustainable farmlandmanagement while farmland defragmentation can act negatively on sustainable farmlandmanagement.
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