Browsing by Author "McCarthy, N."

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    Managing resources in erratic environments: An analysis of pastoralist systems in Ethiopia, Niger, and Burkina Faso
    International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (IFPGRI, 2004)
    An analysis of pastorlist systems and recommendation for improved practices
  • Property rights, risk, and livestock development in Africa: Issues and a project approach
    Swallow, Brent M.; McCarthy, N. (IFPRI and International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), 2000)
    In 1996, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and the Institute for Rural Development at the University of Goettingen began a research project aimed at providing information to improve the efficiency, equity, and environmental sustainability of livestock production and land use in Sub-Saharan Africa. The project focused on semi-arid areas where mobile livestock-production and mixed crop-livestock production are competing land uses. It is estimated that a population of 87 million live in these areas, and these people are among the poorest in the world. Not only are average incomes low, but their livelihoods are also subject to a great deal of risk-environmental, tenurial, social, and political.
  • The relationship between collective action and intensification of livestock production: The case of northeastern Burkina Faso
    McCarthy, N.; Dutilly-Diane, C. (2003)
    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.). In particular, it is shown that better managed pastures lead to increased adoption of complimentary inputs but decrease adoption of substitute inputs. An empirical model is developed and applied to data collected in northeast Burkina Faso in 2000 and 2002. Results indicate that better managed pastures are indeed associated with greater adoption of complimentary inputs, but there is less evidence to suggest that better managed pastures lead to lower purchases of substitute goods (i.e. purchased fodder).
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    When are payments for environmental services beneficial to the poor?
    Zilberman, David; Lipper, L.; McCarthy, N. (Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA), 2006)
    The impact of payment for environmental services (PES) on poverty varies. Generally, PES is good for landowners and may negatively affect consumers if food demand is inelastic. Impacts also depend on the correlation between poverty and environmental amenities. If the richer farmers also provide the best environmental services (ES), then the poor farmers may lose. If there is negative correlation between ES and productivity, then the poorer landowners may gain from ES. The distribution of land matters. If smallholders depend on earnings from work on larger farms, then PES may affect them negatively. Program specifications also matter. Working land programs may have better distributional effects then PES for land diversion.
  • Workshop summary paper on the international conference on policy and institutional options for the management of rangelands in dry areas
    Ngaido, T.; McCarthy, N.; Di Gregorio, M. (2002)
    The system-wide program for collective action and property rights (CARPRi) sponsored an International Conference on Policy and Institutional Options for the Management of Rangelands in Dry Areas, May 7-11, 2001 in Hammamet, Tunisia. The conference focused on institutional aspects of rangeland management and brought together policy makers and researchers from North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and West Asia to discuss sustainable rangeland production strategies and livelihood of pastoral communities in dry areas.