Effects of Land Tenure and Property Rights on Farm Households’ Willingness to Accept Incentives to Invest in Measures to Combat Land Degradation in Nigeria

Shittu, Adebayo M.; Kehinde, Mojisola O.; Ogunnaike, Maria Gbemisola; Oyawole, Funminiyi Peter

doi:10.1017/age.2018.14

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“…Unless land restoration activities are accompanied by measures to expand access to alternative energy sources, replanting forests, shrublands and woodlands will have only a short-term and limited effect. Long-term investments in land restoration activities are often hindered by lack of clearly de ned and legally enforceable land property rights and land tenure security 17,18 . It is in all likelihood not possible to restore all degraded lands in the Sahel by government actions or donor-funded projects.…”

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Economics of Great Green Wall: Opportunities for improved targeting and efficiency

Mirzabaev

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Motlagh³

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The Sahel region is confronted with a severe problem of land degradation, which is jeopardizing livelihoods and stymieing efforts to eradicate food insecurity. The Great Green Wall programme is a colossal initiative designed to improve communities’ resilience and restore degraded ecosystems by planting locally suitable native trees and grasses. We evaluated the economic costs and benefits of land restoration under this programme. The results show that the average annual costs of land degradation due to land use and land cover changes in the entire Sahel region during 2001–2018 period were equal to 3 billion USD. Every USD invested into land restoration is found to yield from 1.7 USD to 2.9 USD. About 10 years are needed for all land restoration activities to reach positive benefit-cost ratios from the social perspective. The amount of investments needed for land restoration across the Sahel is estimated to be between 18–70 bln USD.

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confidence: 99%

Economics of Great Green Wall: Opportunities for improved targeting and efficiency

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Sacandé

Motlagh³

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“…The sampling process was based on the nationwide Agricultural Development Program (ADP) structure that split each state into zones, blocks and cells for easy administration and extension outreach. As outlined by Shittu et al (2018), cells are groups of close farming communities assigned to an Agricultural Extension Officer, while blocks are groups of five to eight cells under the supervision of a block extension supervisor. A number of blocks form a zone and each state in Nigeria has about three or four agricultural zones.…”

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“…It aims to "sustainably increase agricultural productivity and incomes, build resilience and capacity of agricultural and food systems to adapt to climate change, and reduce or remove greenhouse gases while enhancing national food security" (Neufeldt et al 2013). However, despite the conceptual promise and attractiveness of CSA, empirical evidence of its success under Africa's diverse agroecologies and socioeconomic conditions are observed to still be scanty and mixed in terms of results (Neate 2013;Shittu et al 2018). For instance, while Brüssow et al (2015) report that implementing a climate-smart approach contributes to improved food security in Tanzania, Asfaw et al (2016) reported no significant impact of these practices on crop outcomes in Niger.…”

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Adoption of agricultural practices with climate smart agriculture potentials and food security among farm households in northern Nigeria

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Despite the conceptual promise and attractiveness of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) in ensuring farmers’ resilience and food security, empirical evidence of its success are observed to be scanty and mixed in terms of results, thus prompting further research. In this article, we analyzed the effect of adopting six Agricultural Practices with CSA Potentials (AP-CSAPs) on food security status using recent cross-sectional data on 238 maize farmers from Northern Nigeria. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Probit regression. The results showed that 92.4% of the maize farmers were male, with a mean age and household size of 44 years and nine persons, respectively. We find that 37.0% of the farm households were food insecure, and adoption of the AP-CSAPs was generally low. However, while refuse retention and agroforestry influenced food security, the remaining four practices considered did not. In addition, we find that land fragmentation, off-farm income and age influence the likelihood of being food secure. We recommend further research on the medium- to long-term effects of AP-CSAPs and suggest that policies aimed at consolidating landholdings to promote monocropping among rural farmers be discouraged.

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“…Persons with precarious hold on the land, such as women and strangers, are particularly constrained to make such investments. Thus, World Bank [34] reported that while farmers in Nigeria who were dependent on leased and/or communal lands expressed implicit dislike for climate-smart agriculture (CSA)-related investments, the majority with freehold titles, particularly those with registered titles, expressed positive willingness-to-accept incentives to embrace CSA and combat land degradation [35].…”

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Biophysical and Economic Factors of Climate Change Impact Chain in the Agriculture Sector of ECOWAS

Atewamba¹,

Rhodes²

2020

Environmental Health - Management and Prevention Practices

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The chapter assesses key biophysical and economic factors of climate change impact chain in the agriculture sector of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), mainly within the decade following the launching of the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) and Maputo Accord. This is done through a review of literature and analysis of data mainly from international databases. We find that land resources for agricultural production are substantial, but land degradation and land productivity are serious problems, particularly in the context of climate change. Although the region has experienced unprecedented growth, financing agricultural development is still an issue. Developing quality infrastructure and stimulating agricultural trade may provide a win-win strategy to build resilience to climate change and strengthen economic development. The economics of adaptation to climate change in the agricultural sector of ECOWAS has mainly focused on the magnitude of costs and returns on country-wide and technology-specific measures. There is a need, however, to integrate biophysical and economic factors of climate change impact chain in sound analytical frameworks to provide "multi-metric" considerations of non-monetary and nonmarket measures, risks, inequities, and behavioral biases in addressing climate change.

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Effects of Land Tenure and Property Rights on Farm Households’ Willingness to Accept Incentives to Invest in Measures to Combat Land Degradation in Nigeria

Cited by 26 publications

References 37 publications

Economics of Great Green Wall: Opportunities for improved targeting and efficiency

Economics of Great Green Wall: Opportunities for improved targeting and efficiency

Adoption of agricultural practices with climate smart agriculture potentials and food security among farm households in northern Nigeria

Biophysical and Economic Factors of Climate Change Impact Chain in the Agriculture Sector of ECOWAS

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