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The economics of Cain and Abel: Agro-pastoral rights in the Sahel

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dc.contributor.authorvan den Brink, R. J. E.en
dc.contributor.authorBromley, D. W.en
dc.contributor.authorChavas, J. P.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialWest Africaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:56:29Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:56:29Zen
dc.date.issued1995en
dc.description.abstractThe complementarity of the economic systems of nomads and farmers is often overshadowed by the conflicts inherent in the competition over the control of land. The conflict is one of property rights. A dynamic programming model of the West African Sahel is presented that simulates the emergence of a dual economy based on the comparative advantage of the farmer and the pastoralist. The model illustrates that exclusive private property rights have no claim to optimality. The analysis of risk in an intertemporal framework suggests the optimality of another type of property right, the right to flexible adjustment typically claimed by the pastoralist. Multiple property regimes provide optimal setting for farmers and pastoralists. The case for property regimes as instrumental variables in development policy is developed, showing that highly diverse and variable agricultural ecosystems demand property regimes that allow quick human response to new exigencies. Policies in the Sahel should acknowledge the structurally different techniques that underlie the agricultural and pastoral systems, respectively. (CAB Abstract)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/msworden
dc.identifier797en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Development Studies 31(3): 373-399en
dc.identifier.issn0022-0388en
dc.identifier.other797_The_Economics_of_Cain_and_Abel.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66214en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 1995 Frank Cass & Co. Ltden
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectRural developmenten
dc.subjectEnvironmental managementen
dc.subjectPastoralismen
dc.subjectProperty rightsen
dc.subjectFarming systemsen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Governanceen
dc.titleThe economics of Cain and Abel: Agro-pastoral rights in the Sahelen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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