Land management in rural Burkina Faso: the role of socio-cultural and institutional factors

Autor: Terence Epule Epule, Ida Nadia S. Djenontin, Markku Kanninen, Daniel Etongo
Přispěvatelé: Department of Forest Sciences, Viikki Tropical Resources Institute (VITRI), Forest Ecology and Management
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
WATER CONSERVATION
Land management
land tenure
multivariate probit model
010501 environmental sciences
Smallholder farmers
01 natural sciences
4111 Agronomy
Multivariate probit model
Water conservation
TECHNOLOGY
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Land tenure
Socioeconomics
1172 Environmental sciences
Agricultural extension
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
General Environmental Science
CENTRAL PLATEAU
2. Zero hunger
4112 Forestry
Food security
SOIL FERTILITY MANAGEMENT
business.industry
1. No poverty
sustainable agricultural practices
food security
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
DEGRADATION
15. Life on land
southern Burkina Faso
WEST-AFRICAN SAHEL
FALLOW
FACTORS INFLUENCING ADOPTION
Geography
Agriculture
040103 agronomy & agriculture
0401 agriculture
forestry
and fisheries
Livestock
business
Zdroj: Natural Resources Forum. 42:201-213
ISSN: 0165-0203
DOI: 10.1111/1477-8947.12153
Popis: Farmers in the Sahel have been acknowledged for reclaiming degraded lands and improving food security by ingeniously modifying traditional agroforestry, water, and soil management practices. Despite the advantages offered by this range of farming techniques, their adoption rate is influenced by several factors. Using multivariate probit models and a correlation coefficient, this article examines the factors influencing the adoption of five land management practices based on 220 household and 40 farm surveys in four adjacent rural communities in southern Burkina Faso. The model results indicate that household labor force, education of household head, land tenure security, livestock holding, and membership in farmers' groups influence the adoption of zai practice, composting, improved fallow, stone bunds, and live hedges. However, two of the surveyed factors - number of farms and visit by agricultural extension staff during the 12 months prior to the survey - were not significant. Furthermore, a significant correlation was found between different land management practices, e.g., the decision to practice zai is significantly linked to that of live hedges and composting. Zai practice and stone bunds are considered labor intensive, which explains their significant correlations with household labor force at the 1% and 5% levels of significance, respectively.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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