Public policies for rural poverty alleviation: The case of agricultural households in the Plateau Central area of Burkina Faso
Are there any economic policies able to break the vicious circle of the poverty trap in rural areas of poor countries such as Burkina Faso? To help answer this question, a detailed analysis of production systems has been used to elaborate dynamic household models. A mathematical programming model represents the economic decisions of farmers for the three farm types found in the Plateau Central region. Farms are linked together by factor markets. The model calculates a wide range of variables: incomes of agricultural households and their sources, land allocation between the different crops, cropping techniques used, agricultural production, consumption expenditure and labor allocation among the various activities including off-farm activities. These estimates can be obtained by farmer groups and aggregated for the Plateau Central. The model is used to simulate the effects of five economic policies and their combinations: (i) increasing the availability of irrigation water, (ii) lowering marketing costs, (iii) access to animal traction, (iv) access to credit, (v) reducing producer price variability. The analysis reveals different impacts in function of the different farm groups. Public good policies benefit all groups whereas policies aiming at improving capital market access or at diminishing risks on product sales primarily benefit the richest group. Policies focusing on access to equipment are of greater benefit to the poorest. Given the depth of initial poverty, it is necessary to combine all the measures to allow the incomes of the poorest group to cross the poverty line.
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dig-cirad-fr-5642212024-01-28T20:27:08Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/564221/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/564221/ Public policies for rural poverty alleviation: The case of agricultural households in the Plateau Central area of Burkina Faso. Sanfo Safiétou, Gérard Françoise. 2012. Agricultural Systems, 110 : 1-9.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2012.02.006 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2012.02.006> Public policies for rural poverty alleviation: The case of agricultural households in the Plateau Central area of Burkina Faso Sanfo, Safiétou Gérard, Françoise eng 2012 Agricultural Systems E14 - Économie et politique du développement E50 - Sociologie rurale U10 - Informatique, mathématiques et statistiques E10 - Économie et politique agricoles pauvreté zone rurale politique économique politique de développement modèle mathématique modèle économétrique ménage exploitation agricole prise de décision développement rural http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6151 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6699 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_28672 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2228 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24199 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_10531 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3676 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2809 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2147 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6701 Burkina Faso http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8081 Are there any economic policies able to break the vicious circle of the poverty trap in rural areas of poor countries such as Burkina Faso? To help answer this question, a detailed analysis of production systems has been used to elaborate dynamic household models. A mathematical programming model represents the economic decisions of farmers for the three farm types found in the Plateau Central region. Farms are linked together by factor markets. The model calculates a wide range of variables: incomes of agricultural households and their sources, land allocation between the different crops, cropping techniques used, agricultural production, consumption expenditure and labor allocation among the various activities including off-farm activities. These estimates can be obtained by farmer groups and aggregated for the Plateau Central. The model is used to simulate the effects of five economic policies and their combinations: (i) increasing the availability of irrigation water, (ii) lowering marketing costs, (iii) access to animal traction, (iv) access to credit, (v) reducing producer price variability. The analysis reveals different impacts in function of the different farm groups. Public good policies benefit all groups whereas policies aiming at improving capital market access or at diminishing risks on product sales primarily benefit the richest group. Policies focusing on access to equipment are of greater benefit to the poorest. Given the depth of initial poverty, it is necessary to combine all the measures to allow the incomes of the poorest group to cross the poverty line. article info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal Article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/564221/1/document_564221.pdf application/pdf Cirad license info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess https://agritrop.cirad.fr/mention_legale.html https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2012.02.006 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.02.006 http://catalogue-bibliotheques.cirad.fr/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214897 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.agsy.2012.02.006 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2012.02.006 |
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Are there any economic policies able to break the vicious circle of the poverty trap in rural areas of poor countries such as Burkina Faso? To help answer this question, a detailed analysis of production systems has been used to elaborate dynamic household models. A mathematical programming model represents the economic decisions of farmers for the three farm types found in the Plateau Central region. Farms are linked together by factor markets. The model calculates a wide range of variables: incomes of agricultural households and their sources, land allocation between the different crops, cropping techniques used, agricultural production, consumption expenditure and labor allocation among the various activities including off-farm activities. These estimates can be obtained by farmer groups and aggregated for the Plateau Central. The model is used to simulate the effects of five economic policies and their combinations: (i) increasing the availability of irrigation water, (ii) lowering marketing costs, (iii) access to animal traction, (iv) access to credit, (v) reducing producer price variability. The analysis reveals different impacts in function of the different farm groups. Public good policies benefit all groups whereas policies aiming at improving capital market access or at diminishing risks on product sales primarily benefit the richest group. Policies focusing on access to equipment are of greater benefit to the poorest. Given the depth of initial poverty, it is necessary to combine all the measures to allow the incomes of the poorest group to cross the poverty line. |
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E14 - Économie et politique du développement E50 - Sociologie rurale U10 - Informatique, mathématiques et statistiques E10 - Économie et politique agricoles pauvreté zone rurale politique économique politique de développement modèle mathématique modèle économétrique ménage exploitation agricole prise de décision développement rural http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6151 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6699 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_28672 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2228 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24199 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_10531 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3676 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2809 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2147 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6701 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8081 |
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Public policies for rural poverty alleviation: The case of agricultural households in the Plateau Central area of Burkina Faso |
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Public policies for rural poverty alleviation: The case of agricultural households in the Plateau Central area of Burkina Faso |
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Public policies for rural poverty alleviation: The case of agricultural households in the Plateau Central area of Burkina Faso |
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Public policies for rural poverty alleviation: The case of agricultural households in the Plateau Central area of Burkina Faso |
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Public policies for rural poverty alleviation: The case of agricultural households in the Plateau Central area of Burkina Faso |
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public policies for rural poverty alleviation: the case of agricultural households in the plateau central area of burkina faso |
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