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Dimithe, Georges; Bernsten, Richard H.; Staatz, John M.; Sanogo, Ousmane; Coulibaly, B.S.; Simpara, M.. |
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... |
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use. |
Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11669 |
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