@article{Erenstein:25288,
      recid = {25288},
      author = {Erenstein, Olaf},
      title = {Drivers and Modifiers of Lowland Use in West Africa},
      address = {2006},
      number = {1004-2016-78652},
      series = {Poster Paper},
      pages = {15},
      year = {2006},
      abstract = {Lowland development efforts in West Africa have a mixed  record. The paper posits that this is due to the neglect  of: (1) market opportunity as driving force for lowland  use; and (2) the wider context within which lowlands are  used as important modifier. The paper applies a  regression-based decomposition framework to analyze the  factors driving and modifying lowland use in West Africa.  It uses community-level data from 1014 geo-referenced  lowland units around four urban centers along an  agro-ecological gradient in Cote d'Ivoire and Mali. Tobit  models are used to explain the extent of lowland non-use  (seasonal fallow), its diversity (in terms of rice and  other crop cultivation) and its land use intensity (double  cropping). Results highlight that proximity to urban  markets is positively associated with the extent, diversity  and intensity of lowland use. Lowland use is also  associated with the agro-ecological gradient, lowland  development and migrants. A common thread linking these  variables is that they modify resource scarcity and  therefore lowland use incentives. Market access is  therefore a necessary but not sufficient condition for the  intensification and diversification of lowland use.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/25288},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.25288},
}