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1 McCarthy, N; Swallow, B.; Kirk, M.; Hazell, P. (Eds.) 2000. Property rights, risk, and livestock development in Africa. Washington, DC, USA; Nairobi, Kenya: IFPRI; ILRI. x, 433p.
Livestock ; Animal husbandry ; Land tenure ; Pastoralism ; Agrarian reform ; Decentralization ; Legal aspects ; Public policy ; Drought ; Risks ; Economic analysis ; Common property ; Land use ; Conflict ; Analysis ; Institutions ; Farming systems ; Land reform ; Sustainability ; Case studies ; Population growth ; Crop production ; Millets ; Constraints ; Research methods / Africa / Niger / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.3 G100 MCC Record No: H025954)
Papers presented at an international conference.
2 McCarthy, N.; Kamara, A.; Kirk, M. 2003. Co-operation in risky environments: Evidence from Southern Ethiopia. Journal of African Economies, 12(2):236-270.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 338.1 G136 McC Record No: H032529)
The semi-arid and arid rangelands of Sub-Saharan Africa are characterized by high variability and by heavy reliance of herders on access to common resources, predominantly pasture and water. In these systems, the capacity of the community to co-operate over resource management is critical and the effectiveness of management has a direct impact on exploitation rates and land allocation patterns. In this paper, we develop a model to capture the impact of climatic variability on capacity to co-operate and on resulting land use and allocation patterns, and apply the model to data collected from communities located on the Borana Plateau in southern Ethiopia. Results indicate that rainfall variability has a negative impact on stock densities, consistent with risk-averse producer behavior, but has no statistically significant impact on land allocation patterns in this marginal area. Furthermore, co-operation has a direct negative impact on stock densities and land allocated to private pastures. The results support the hypothesis that individual incentives to overgraze and encroach on common pastures can be mitigated in communities with high co-operative capacity.
3 McCarthy, N.; Vanderlinden, J. P. 2004. Resource management under climatic risk: A case study from Niger. The Journal of Development Studies, 40(5):120-142.
Resource management ; Common property ; Pastoralism ; Livestock ; Rainfall ; Climate ; Risks ; Land management / Niger
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H035309)
4 Meinzen-Dick, R.; DiGregori, M.; McCarthy, N.. 2004. Methods for studying collective action in rural development. Agricultural Systems, 82:197-214.
Rural development ; Collective action ; Organizations ; Resource management ; Natural resources ; Research methods
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7068 Record No: H035790)
5 McCarthy, N.; Dutilly-Diane, C.; Drabo, B. 2004. Cooperation, collective action and natural resources management in Burkina Faso. Agricultural Systems, Washington, DC, USA: IFPRI. 82:233-255; 48p. (CAPRi working paper no.27)
Natural resources ; Resource management ; Collective action ; Villages ; Water user associations ; Households / Burkina Faso
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7079 Record No: H035840)
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