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    Agroenvironmental transformation in the Sahel

    Another kind of "Green Revolution"

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2009
    Western Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Burkina Faso, Niger
    Land & Food Security
    Forest Tenure
    food security
    agroforestry systems
    land management

    A farmer-managed, agroenvironmental transformation has occurred over the past three decades in the West African Sahel, enabling both land rehabilitation and agricultural intensification to support a dense and growing population. This paper traces the technical and institutional innovations, their impacts, and lessons learned from two successful examples. The first is the story of the improvement and replication of indigenous soil and water conservation practices across the Central Plateau of Burkina Faso.

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    An agriculture- and trade-focused social accounting matrix for Tunisia, 2012

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2016
    Northern Africa, Africa, Tunisia
    Forest Tenure
    Land & Food Security
    agriculture
    farmers
    fisheries
    forestry
    agroforestry systems
    food security

    The purpose of this paper is to document the different steps followed to construct the Tunisian Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for the year 2012. More precisely, it describes the estimation methods and the nature of data used in the development of the SAM, which has a specific focus on the agriculture and food sectors. The SAM also features a regional disaggregation by three agro-ecological zones.

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    Building on successes in African agriculture

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2004
    Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Mali, Kenya
    Forest Tenure
    Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
    property rights
    agroforestry systems
    fisheries
    forestry
    forest management plans
    land management
    rangelands
    agriculture
    agricultural land management
    farmers
    natural resources management
    agricultural and rural legislation

    Agricultural growth will prove essential for improving the welfare of the vast majority of Africa’s poor. Roughly 80 percent of the continent’s poor live in rural areas, and even those who do not will depend heavily on increasing agricultural productivity to lift them out of poverty. Seventy percent of all Africans— and nearly 90 percent of the poor—work primarily in agriculture. As consumers, all of Africa’s poor—both urban and rural—count heavily on the efficiency of the continent’s farmers.

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    Collective action and property rights for sustainable development

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2004
    Forest Tenure
    Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    Land & Gender
    property rights
    agroforestry systems
    fisheries
    forestry
    forest management plans
    land management
    rangelands
    agriculture
    agricultural land management
    sustainable land management
    women
    capacity development
    water management
    poverty

    Institutions of collective action and systems of property rights shape how people use natural resources, and these patterns of use in turn affect the outcomes of people’s agricultural production systems. Together, mechanisms of collective action and property rights define the incentives people face for undertaking sustainable and productive management strategies, and they affect the level and distribution of benefits from natural resources.

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