Medium scale farms for agricultural transformation and poverty reduction: Evidence from Burkina Faso

This study explores how the change in land distribution influences agricultural transformation and poverty reduction in Burkina Faso. For this purpose, it highlights the impact of the concentration of medium scale farms on cash crops production including groundnuts, cotton and sesame productions and...

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Autores principales: Tankari, Mahamadou Roufahi, Glatzel, Katrin, Demmler, Kathrin M.
Formato: Conference Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: African Association of Agricultural Economists 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145421
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author Tankari, Mahamadou Roufahi
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Demmler, Kathrin M.
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description This study explores how the change in land distribution influences agricultural transformation and poverty reduction in Burkina Faso. For this purpose, it highlights the impact of the concentration of medium scale farms on cash crops production including groundnuts, cotton and sesame productions and how this cash cropping affects farm households’ poverty. The empirical evidence was provided using the survey data of the Enquete Multisectorielle Continue du Burkina Faso (EMC-BF) 2014. A probit fractional response model was estimated to analyze the association between the concentration of medium scale farms and cash cropping while the instrumental variables technique was used to assess the effect of cash cropping on poverty. The study revealed that the concentration of medium scale farms in a province of Burkina Faso shifts farm household system of production from food crops to cash cropping indicating that the medium scale farms may drive agricultural transformation in Burkina Faso. Furthermore, the study showed that cash cropping reduces farm households’ poverty by improving their welfare. Therefore, land sector reform aiming to change the land distribution for the medium scale farms rise is important for agricultural transformation and accelerating poverty reduction in Burkina Faso.
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spelling CGSpace1454212024-11-13T12:23:14Z Medium scale farms for agricultural transformation and poverty reduction: Evidence from Burkina Faso Tankari, Mahamadou Roufahi Glatzel, Katrin Demmler, Kathrin M. medium size farms agriculture cash crops probit analysis poverty land distribution poverty reduction This study explores how the change in land distribution influences agricultural transformation and poverty reduction in Burkina Faso. For this purpose, it highlights the impact of the concentration of medium scale farms on cash crops production including groundnuts, cotton and sesame productions and how this cash cropping affects farm households’ poverty. The empirical evidence was provided using the survey data of the Enquete Multisectorielle Continue du Burkina Faso (EMC-BF) 2014. A probit fractional response model was estimated to analyze the association between the concentration of medium scale farms and cash cropping while the instrumental variables technique was used to assess the effect of cash cropping on poverty. The study revealed that the concentration of medium scale farms in a province of Burkina Faso shifts farm household system of production from food crops to cash cropping indicating that the medium scale farms may drive agricultural transformation in Burkina Faso. Furthermore, the study showed that cash cropping reduces farm households’ poverty by improving their welfare. Therefore, land sector reform aiming to change the land distribution for the medium scale farms rise is important for agricultural transformation and accelerating poverty reduction in Burkina Faso. 2019-11-25 2024-06-21T09:04:29Z 2024-06-21T09:04:29Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145421 en Open Access African Association of Agricultural Economists Tankari, Mahamadou Roufahi; Glatzel, Katrin; and Demmler, Kathrin M. 2019. Medium scale farms for agricultural transformation and poverty reduction: Evidence from Burkina Faso. Presented at the 6th African Conference of Agricultural Economists, in Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria, September 23-26, 2019. https://purl.umn.edu/295770
spellingShingle medium size farms
agriculture
cash crops
probit analysis
poverty
land distribution
poverty reduction
Tankari, Mahamadou Roufahi
Glatzel, Katrin
Demmler, Kathrin M.
Medium scale farms for agricultural transformation and poverty reduction: Evidence from Burkina Faso
title Medium scale farms for agricultural transformation and poverty reduction: Evidence from Burkina Faso
title_full Medium scale farms for agricultural transformation and poverty reduction: Evidence from Burkina Faso
title_fullStr Medium scale farms for agricultural transformation and poverty reduction: Evidence from Burkina Faso
title_full_unstemmed Medium scale farms for agricultural transformation and poverty reduction: Evidence from Burkina Faso
title_short Medium scale farms for agricultural transformation and poverty reduction: Evidence from Burkina Faso
title_sort medium scale farms for agricultural transformation and poverty reduction evidence from burkina faso
topic medium size farms
agriculture
cash crops
probit analysis
poverty
land distribution
poverty reduction
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145421
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