An analysis of the Impact of Land Tenure Security on Agricultural Productivity in Burkina Faso
Date
2021-09-17
Authors
Coulibaly, Doubahan Adeline
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African Economic Research Consortium
Abstract
This article examines the impact of land tenure security on agricultural productivity
in Burkina Faso through a two-stage approach, using data from the Permanent
Agricultural Survey (EPA) of the agricultural campaign (2011/2012) of the Ministry
of Agriculture. First, productivity scores are calculated using the scholastic frontier
method, then an interval regression model is used which combines the endogenous
variable with an endogenous treatment variable to estimate the impact of land tenure
on agricultural productivity. This method allows us to specifically cater for the double
censorship of the levels of productivity and the endogeneity of land tenure security .
The analyses show that, on average, farmers in Burkina Faso are not efficient (0.408).
The results demonstrate that land tenure security has a positive and significant impact
on agricultural production of farms in Burkina Faso to the order of 0.661. This impact
could be explained through the adoption of water and soil conservation techniques.
The direct impact of land tenure security on productivity is to the order of 0.308.
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Keywords
Land tenure security, agricultural productivity, Burkina Fas , agricultural productivity, , Burkina Faso