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Provedor de dados: 	Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)	
País: 	United States	
Título: 	CAN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN THE MARGINAL LANDS CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVING FOOD SECURITY IN THE SAHELIAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES: AN EVIDENCE FROM THE BAS-FOND RICE PRODUCTION IN MALI	
Autores: 	Dimithe,   Georges; Bernsten,   Richard H.; Staatz,   John M.; Sanogo,   Ousmane; Coulibaly,   B.S.; Simpara,   M.	
Data: 	2001-01-11	
Ano: 	2000	
Palavras-chave: 	Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use.	
Resumo: 	To improve national food security, successive Mali governments have always focused on expanding and intensifying production in the government-managed irrigation schemes (Office du Niger), which account for about 50% of domestic rice production.  Because the cost of expanding and  rehabilitating those schemes is high, the government is looking for complementary cost-effective ways to achieve this goal.  The government could increase domestic rice supply by investing in improving the farmer-managed inland valley swamps.  Although the government has paid little attention to those marginal lands, farmers have been growing rice in these areas using traditional technologies.  This paper used data from a survey of 334 bas-fond farmers and secondary data to examine the potential contribution that these undeveloped bas-fonds could make to improve food  security and rice exports in Mali.  The study found that, if fully developed, the bas-fonds and flooded plains could produce more rice than is currently being supplied by the Office du Niger, or imported through commercial imports or food aid.  As expected, rice yields in the bas-fonds are lower than in the Office du Niger.  However, bas-fonds rice production is both financially profitable and provides a higher return per day of family labor than the competing upland crops (maize, sorghum/millet and cotton).  In addition, the estimated domestic resources cost ratios show  that, compared to the Office d u Niger, bas-fond rice  production  represents a better use of domestic resources, both for producing rice for home consumption and for the market.	
Tipo: 	Working or Discussion Paper	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	2371

http://purl.umn.edu/11669	
Editor: 	AgEcon Search	
Relação: 	Michigan State University&gt;Department of Agricultural Economics&gt;Staff Paper Series

Staff Paper 2000-13	
Formato: 	16

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