Land degradation, agricultural productivity and common property: evidence from Côte d'Ivoire

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Ahuja, Vinod
Copyright Year	1998
Description	This study provides evidence on the effectiveness of community controls in regulating the use of common agricultural land in Côte d'Ivoire and tests for factors such as group size, ethnic and income heterogeneity of the group, income and resource stock levels, in explaining the variation in effectiveness across communities. The results indicate significant deterioration in community controls. These results point towards the need for a comprehensive policy framework towards agriculture in general and land tenure in particular. The study also finds that smaller and ethnically homogenous communities are better able to coordinate their actions, thereby internalizing a higher proportion of the value of land as a factor of agricultural production than their large ethnically heterogenous counterparts. No evidence is, however, found in favour of income heterogeneity hindering or facilitating collective action.
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ISSN	1355770X
e-ISSN	14694395
DOI	10.1017/s1355770x98000023
Journal	Environment and Development Economics
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	3
Language	English
Publisher	Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publisher Date	1998-02-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Environment and Development Economics Agricultural Economics Agricultural Production Community Controls
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Development Economics and Econometrics Environmental Science