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- Brännlund, Runar, et al.
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Participation to forest conservation in National Kabore Tambi Park in Southern Burkina Faso
- 2009
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In: Forest Policy and Economics. - : Elsevier. - 1389-9341 .- 1872-7050. ; 11:7, s. 468-474
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The main objective with this study is to investigate how different household characteristics, households' perceptions about the security of land use rights, and the households' proximity to forests affect the individual household's willingness to engage in activities that are meant to promote sustainable forest management in Burkina Faso. To achieve this objective we use a multinomial choice model of engagement (or non-engagement) in forest management activities based on household data from 4 villages surrounding the National Kabore Tambi Park in Burkina Faso. The results show that the participation by household members in forest conservation activities is mainly determined by the three variables that are related to policy: membership in community based forest management associations, security of land use rights, and training. The current training programs focus only on forest conservation practices. To be more efficient it should focus on increasing people's knowledge about the benefits due to conservation and the threats resulting from the lack of forest management. Furthermore the results indicate that improving land use right security would increase farmer's willingness to participate in forest management activities such as community work and forest surveillance. Thus particular attention should be paid to the prevailing system of land rights and its incentives, or disincentives, for promoting sustainable management of the forest resource.
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- Sanga, Udita, et al.
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Dynamic pathways of barriers and opportunities for food security and climate adaptation in Southern Mali
- 2021
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In: World Development. - : Elsevier BV. - 0305-750X .- 1873-5991. ; 148
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Barriers to food security and climate adaptation operate in complex and dynamic ways but are often perceived as static impediments to be overcome. In this study, we apply systems thinking for the assessment of barriers in agricultural decision-making for food security and climate adaptation. Using a mixed method approach of participatory simulation game design and causal loop diagrams, we explore the dynamic pathways through which barriers inhibit farmers from achieving food security and climate adaptation in Southern Mali. Results show that the key barriers in the region are financial, land, and climate-related barriers including unavailability of formal credit sources, high input prices, inadequate land access and ownership rights, time and labor constraints in collective vs individual plots, and climate risks such as early and late season droughts, high temperature, excessive rainfall, water scarcity, and pest incidences. These barriers operate in complex, interdependent, and dynamic ways where factors that act as enablers in one context can also function as barriers in another context. We see such interdependencies in three cases: i) access to interlocked credit and loans for cotton cultivation acts as enablers of income generation for male farmers but become barriers to female farmers who do not cultivate cotton ii) land ownership and land use rights for male farmers act as enablers for cultivation of income generating cash and food crops but acts as a barrier for female farmers by way of intra-household labor dynamics within collective plots iii) increase in land allocation to cotton and maize cultivation acts as enablers for increased household income but becomes a barrier to food security due to higher vulnerability to climate risks. Assessment of causal loop diagrams identified deep and shallow leverage points. Policies and interventions that focused on input subsidies and credit facilities are shallow leverage points where incremental changes will only lead to small improvements in farmers' livelihoods. Policies that support improved access and ownership of land to female farmers are deep leverage points that can potentially shift the dominant cropping pattern to more diversified and climate-resilient production.
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- Sidibé, Amadou
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Demand for soil, water and forest conservation in Burkina Faso
- 2010
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The objective of this thesis is to investigate how different household characteristics and policy-relevant variables affect individual household demand and willingness to engage in natural resource conservation activities in Burkina Faso. The thesis is based on four individual studies that examine Burkina Faso, a country rich in natural resources such as soil, water, and forests. The four studies use household data within each of the country's four regions: north, south, central and west. The data set contains information about actual choices, as well as household characteristics, socio-economic variables, and subjective perceptions concerning, among other things, long-term land use rights and soil degradation. Our different models estimate the effects of these variables on the probability of engaging in soil and forest conservation. We also estimate the demand of resource products such as non-timber forest products (NTFPs), and drinking water. The results of the statistical analysis indicate that forest and soil conservation activities by households are mainly determined by four policy-relevant variables: membership in community-based forest management associations, security of land use rights, training and education. Age and gender do not seem to have an effect on willingness to engage in natural resource conservation, although migrants are less likely to participate in forest surveillance. Further, an increase in household size decreases the participation in community work. Household size is shown to have a significant effect on the demand for NTFPs in the sense that larger households prefer imported or substituted products instead of NTFPs. Moreover, the analysis of the effects of price and income show that the two products that we expected to be substitutes are normal and complementary goods. Concerning the demand for drinking water, the price elasticity derived from the regression analysis shows that water demand is rather inelastic. Furthermore, the results also show that the income elasticities are positive, but smaller than one, implying not surprisingly that water seems to be a necessary good in Ouagadougou.
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