Liquidity and soil management: evidence from Madagascar and Niger

The main contention of this paper is that the adoption of natural resource management techniques that require an investment in cash or other resources depends not simply on the absolute profitability of the investment, but also on its relative profitability within the diverse activities undertaken b...

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Published inNatural Resources Management in African Agriculture pp. 129 - 142
Main Author Wyatt, T. J
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Wallingford, UK CABI Publishing 2002
CABI
Subjects
ACP Countries
adoption of innovations
Africa
Africa South of Sahara
AGRICULTURE & FARMING
capital outlay
case studies
Developing Countries
East Africa
Francophone Africa
Indian Ocean Islands
innovation adoption
investment
Least Developed Countries
liquidity
Malagasy Republic
opportunity costs
policy
profitability
resource management
sahelian region
sahelian zone
soil conservation
soil management
subsaharan Africa
West Africa
Africa South of Sahara
Madagascar
Niger
Sahel
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Summary:The main contention of this paper is that the adoption of natural resource management techniques that require an investment in cash or other resources depends not simply on the absolute profitability of the investment, but also on its relative profitability within the diverse activities undertaken by the typical producer in rural areas. A brief analytical model is proposed that guides the analyses of two case studies. One case study is of investments in soil conservation in the highlands of Madagascar and the other is of soil fertility management in the northern Sahel of West Africa. Results suggest that alternative investment options have a large impact on producer decisions. Policy recommendations are presented.
ISBN:0851995845
9780851995847
DOI:10.1079/9780851995847.0129