مورد إلكتروني
Intensification of Lowland Cropping Systems and Informal Land Ownership in West Africa: Comparison of Two Large Inland Markets in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana
| العنوان: | Intensification of Lowland Cropping Systems and Informal Land Ownership in West Africa: Comparison of Two Large Inland Markets in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana |
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| بيانات النشر: | Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University 2013-05 |
| تفاصيل مُضافة: | Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University Sakurai, Takeshi |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Electronic Resource |
| مستخلص: | The enhancement of agricultural productivity is the key to economic development of Sub-Saharan Africa. Particularly, the intensification of lowland agriculture is critically important in West Africa since demand for rice and vegetables is increasing rapidly due to urbanization. As has been debated much, informal land tenure system in Sub-Saharan Africa can be a constraint to the intensification. This paper, applying an endogenous switching probit model where lowland ownership is endogenously selected, analyzes data collected in the area around two large inland cities, Bouaké in Côte d’Ivoire and Kumasi in Ghana. Regression results reveal that village ownership has a positive impact on the intensification of lowland cropping in the Bouaké area, while it discourages the intensification of lowland cropping as well as investment in tree plantation in lowlands in the Kumasi area. The findings support the hypotheses since land is relatively scarcer in the Kumasi area than in the Bouaké area. |
| مصطلحات الفهرس: | informal land ownership, lowland agriculture, intensification, land use, crop choice, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Technical Report, VoR |
| URL: | Discussion paper series. A ; No. 586 |
| الإتاحة: | Open access content. Open access content open access |
| ملاحظة: | application/pdf English |
| أرقام أخرى: | JPNII oai:irdb.nii.ac.jp:01368:0004694465 AA11476336 1375213296 |
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