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| Title: | New Land is Not Enough: Agricultural Performance of New Lands Settlement in West Africa |
| Authors: | McMillan, Della E. Sanders, John H. Koenig, Dolores Akwabi-Ameyaw, Kofi Painter, Thomas M. |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Periodical: | World Development |
| Volume: | 26 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Period: | February |
| Pages: | 187-211 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | West Africa |
| Subjects: | blindness agricultural production Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Development and Technology Economics and Trade Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Health and Nutrition |
| External link: | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-750X(97)10055-9 |
| Abstract: | River blindness (onchocerciasis) has long contributed to the underpopulation of fertile river basins in much of the West African savanna. In 1974 an 11-country programme was initiated to control the disease. It was expected to increase total crop production in the area and at the same time improve living standards. Farm management data from 15 sites in four countries (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Togo) show that despite the control programme's success in opening up new land, at only five of the sites were farmers moving back into these areas successful in increasing and stabilizing their incomes. Two of the major factors explaining the low success rate were the highly negative policy environment and the lack of appropriate technology and supports for intensive cereal production in the drier semi-arid basins. The authors conclude that future policy should focus on nonfarm employment opportunities to supplement fluctuating farm incomes. Bibliogr., notes, sum. |
