Land tenure and allocative efficiency in Niger

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dc.contributor.authorGavian, S.en
dc.contributor.authorFafchamps, M.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialNigeren
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:55:16Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:55:16Zen
dc.date.issued1996en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractUsing field-level data, an investigation is made of whether traditional land tenure systems are an impediment to allocative efficiency in Niger. It is found that yields are strongly influenced by the manpower available to farming households, an indication that marginal returns to labour and land are not equalized across households. No relationship between manuring and whether or not local customs allow land sales is found. However, manuring is influenced by tenure security: farmers who cultivate both borrowed and owned fields divert manure toward the latter. The findings do not imply that a change in land tenure system is called for. (CAB Abstracts)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier902en
dc.identifier.citationAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics 78(1): 460-471en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2307/1243717en
dc.identifier.issn0002-9092en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65797en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 1996 American Agricultural Economics Associationen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectManureen
dc.subjectMarketsen
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectTenure systemen
dc.subjectFertilizationen
dc.subjectAgricultural developmenten
dc.subjectLand marketsen
dc.subjectManureen
dc.subjectEfficiencyen
dc.subjectInvestmentsen
dc.subjectFertilizersen
dc.subjectTenure systemsen
dc.subjectField Scaleen
dc.titleLand tenure and allocative efficiency in Nigeren
dc.typeAbstracten
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