Niger - Impacts of Sustainable Land Management Programs on Land Management and Poverty in Niger

Since the early 1980s, the Government of Niger and its development partners have invested more than 200 billion West African Francs (FCFA) in programs will promote sustainable land management (SLM) and other activities to reduce poverty and vulnera...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Environmental Study
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ACACIA ACCESS TO IRRIGATION ACCESS TO MARKETS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL YIELDS AGROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS AGROFORESTRY ANALYTICAL METHODS ANIMAL PRODUCTS ANIMALS ARID TROPICS ARID ZONE AVERAGE YIELDS BENEFIT ANALYSIS CAP CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CARBON CREDITS CASH CROPS CDF CHILD MORTALITY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COMMUNAL AREAS COMMUNAL LANDS COMMUNITY ACTION COMMUNITY LAND COUNTERFACTUAL COWPEAS CROP CROP PRODUCTION CROP YIELDS CROPLAND CROPLANDS CROPS CULTIVABLE LAND CULTIVATION DEFORESTATION DESERTIFICATION DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DROUGHT DROUGHT CONTROL ECOLOGICAL ZONE ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC IMPACTS ECONOMIC INDICATORS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS EXPENDITURES EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN FARM FARMER FARMERS FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FARMS FERTILIZER FERTILIZER USE FERTILIZERS FLOODING FOOD CROP FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOREST MANAGEMENT FORESTS GROUNDNUTS GUM ARABIC HABITAT HIPC HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT HOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX HUMAN HEALTH ICRISAT IFPRI IMPACT ASSESSMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT STUDIES IMPACT EVALUATION IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INDICA INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERVENTION IRRIGATION LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR MARKETS LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND TENURE INSECURITY LAND USE LANDLESS PEOPLE LEGISLATION LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITY LIVING CONDITIONS MALNUTRITION MARGINAL LANDS MATCHING METHODS MILLET MULCH MULCHING NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NGO NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NURSERIES OPPORTUNITY COSTS OVERGRAZING PARTICIPATORY MONITORING PASTORALISM PLANTING POLICY CHANGES POOR POOR COUNTRIES POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS PRESENT VALUE PRIVATE COSTS PRIVATE GOODS PROGRAM IMPACTS PROGRAM INTERVENTIONS PROGRAMS PUBLIC GOODS QUASIEXPERIMENTAL METHODS RAINFALL RAINY SEASON RANGELANDS REGRESSION ANALYSIS RESOURCES MANAGEMENT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL REGIONS SEDIMENTATION SEEDLINGS SELECTION BIAS SOIL SOIL CHARACTERISTICS SOIL EROSION SOIL FERTILITY SOIL TYPE SOILS SORGHUM STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TIMBER TRADEOFFS TREE DENSITY TREE PLANTATIONS TREES VEGETATION VILLAGE CHARACTERISTICS VILLAGE LEADERS WATER AVAILABILITY WATER HARVESTING WATERSHED WILD PLANTS WINDBREAKS YIELDS
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Summary:	Since the early 1980s, the Government of Niger and its development partners have invested more than 200 billion West African Francs (FCFA) in programs will promote sustainable land management (SLM) and other activities to reduce poverty and vulnerability. Overall, more than 50 programs have promoted SLM in Niger. Despite large investments in SLM programs, their impacts on land management, agricultural production, poverty, and other outcomes are not well known. A few studies have documented impacts of particular projects and land management practices in selected locations, finding many favorable impacts. However, although these studies provide valuable insights, they are limited in scope and by the methods used. A common problem is the absence of suitable counterfactual observations to compare to outcomes for communities and households participating in programs or using particular land management practices, or inadequate definition of the counterfactual used. This analysis is intended to contribute to knowledge about the impacts of SLM programs in Niger by addressing some of the methodological limitations of prior studies. The evaluation is based on a secondary database of major SLM program activities and village characteristics assembled for all villages of Niger, and a community and household survey conducted with more than 1,200 households in 139 villages selected to represent the rural regions of Niger where most SLM programs have operated. Threats to external and internal validity of the findings were addressed by using statistical sampling methods to assure representativeness of the findings, and quasi-experimental matching and econometric methods to assure that the program and counterfactual non-program villages and households were as comparable as possible in terms of observable characteristics that affect program placement, participation, and outcomes.

Niger - Impacts of Sustainable Land Management Programs on Land Management and Poverty in Niger

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