The relationship between collective action and intensification of livestock production: the case of Northeastern Burkina Faso

In this paper, we develop a simple game-theoretic model to explore the relationship between management of common pool resources used as an input in livestock production (common pastures) and the adoption of inputs associated with intensified per animal production (veterinary services, purchased fodd...

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Autor principal: McCarthy, Nancy
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157386
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description In this paper, we develop a simple game-theoretic model to explore the relationship between management of common pool resources used as an input in livestock production (common pastures) and the adoption of inputs associated with intensified per animal production (veterinary services, purchased fodder, feed concentrates, etc.). Theoretically, it is shown that better managed pastures should lead to increased adoption of complementary inputs but decrease adoption of substitute inputs; impacts on stock levels, however, are ambiguous. An empirical model is developed and applied to data collected in northeast Burkina Faso in 2000 and 2002. Results indicate that better managed pastures, proxied by community-level cooperative capacity indices, are indeed associated with lower purchases of substitute goods, e.g. purchases of low-value feeds and greater purchases of complementary inputs, e.g. high-quality feeds. However, purchase of vaccines, likely to be a compliment in livestock production, is not associated with cooperative capacity.
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spelling CGSpace1573862025-01-10T06:37:47Z The relationship between collective action and intensification of livestock production: the case of Northeastern Burkina Faso McCarthy, Nancy collective action game theory common property capacity development pastoralism livestock grasslands animal production veterinary services feed crops community involvement vaccines technology transfer In this paper, we develop a simple game-theoretic model to explore the relationship between management of common pool resources used as an input in livestock production (common pastures) and the adoption of inputs associated with intensified per animal production (veterinary services, purchased fodder, feed concentrates, etc.). Theoretically, it is shown that better managed pastures should lead to increased adoption of complementary inputs but decrease adoption of substitute inputs; impacts on stock levels, however, are ambiguous. An empirical model is developed and applied to data collected in northeast Burkina Faso in 2000 and 2002. Results indicate that better managed pastures, proxied by community-level cooperative capacity indices, are indeed associated with lower purchases of substitute goods, e.g. purchases of low-value feeds and greater purchases of complementary inputs, e.g. high-quality feeds. However, purchase of vaccines, likely to be a compliment in livestock production, is not associated with cooperative capacity. 2004 2024-10-24T12:49:24Z 2024-10-24T12:49:24Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157386 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute McCarthy, Nancy. 2004. The relationship between collective action and intensification of livestock production: the case of Northeastern Burkina Faso. CAPRi working paper. 0034. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157386
spellingShingle collective action
game theory
common property
capacity development
pastoralism
livestock
grasslands
animal production
veterinary services
feed crops
community involvement
vaccines
technology transfer
McCarthy, Nancy
The relationship between collective action and intensification of livestock production: the case of Northeastern Burkina Faso
title The relationship between collective action and intensification of livestock production: the case of Northeastern Burkina Faso
title_full The relationship between collective action and intensification of livestock production: the case of Northeastern Burkina Faso
title_fullStr The relationship between collective action and intensification of livestock production: the case of Northeastern Burkina Faso
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between collective action and intensification of livestock production: the case of Northeastern Burkina Faso
title_short The relationship between collective action and intensification of livestock production: the case of Northeastern Burkina Faso
title_sort relationship between collective action and intensification of livestock production the case of northeastern burkina faso
topic collective action
game theory
common property
capacity development
pastoralism
livestock
grasslands
animal production
veterinary services
feed crops
community involvement
vaccines
technology transfer
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157386
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