Economic effects of soil- and water-management technologies: preliminary results from a case study analysis in Mali
1989
Day, J.C. | Aillery, P.
For Sudano-Sahelian farmers to adopt recommended soil- and water-management practices, technologies must be appropriate to the specific site conditions found in the farm setting and be consistent with the farmers' objectives and available resources. A whole-farm modelling approach to this problem is described and preliminary estimates of the ability of representative low-resource farmers in Mali to pay for increased soil-moisture conservation are presented. By increasing rainfall infiltration rates from 40 to 60 percent, farmers can double or even quadruple their disposable income, depending on rainfall. Income can be increased by another 50 per cent, if infiltration rates are raised to 80 per cent
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