Evaluating the relationships between property rights, risk, technology and productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa













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Socio-Economies and Policy Research
WORKING DOCUMENT

No. 18

Proceedings of the ILCA/IFPRI Research Planning Workshop held at ILCA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
August 31-September 1, 1994

Edited by
Brent M. Shallow

International Livestock Centre for Africa
P.O. Box 5689. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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September 1994

Brent M. Swallow is an Agricultural Economist working at the International Livestock Centre for Africa, P. O. Box 46847, Nairobi Kenya

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Preface

Summary

Session I: Overview of issues and summary of past research

Welcome and opening remarks
Relevant policy questions related to property rights and resource management
Overview of ILCA's research on property rights
Review of World Bank and Land Tenure Centre Studies on Land Tenure and Agricultural Productivity

Session II: Review of research on property rights and agro-forestry

ILCA/LTC research on property rights and alley farming in West Africa

Review of LTC/ICRAF studies on agroforestry in east and southern Africa

Session III: Review of recently-completed and ongoing studies of property rights, resource management and agricultural productivity in Niger and Ethiopia

Property rights and soil fertility management in Niger
Land tenure and agricultural productivity in Ethiopia

Session IV: Review of on-going and planned studies of property rights and resource management

Changes in resource use and property rights prompted by the adoption of dairy enterprises
Traditional strategies and adaptive resource use by crop-livestock producers in the Sahel
The effects of property rights on the use of forest resources

Session V: Proposed research on evolution of resource use and property rights under risk

Evolution of resource use and property rights under risk: issues
Evolution of resource use and property rights under risk: modelling challenges

Session VI: Conclusions and priorities for future research

Appendix I: List of references

Appendix II: List of participants