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Droit foncier, productivité et investissement dans l'agriculture : cas du café en Côte d'Ivoire
[Land tenure, productivity and investment in agriculture: the case of coffee in Côte d'Ivoire]

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The debate on the issue of land rights and its impact on investment and agricultural productivity still divides economic experts and agricultural statistics. While some agree that the link is positive, the effects are often difficult to measure, it is sometimes not only due to the difficulty of measuring the land rights and investment, but also to the econometric method used. In the African context, particularly the cultivation of coffee in Côte d'Ivoire, estimated by instrumental variables from the method GMM shows the existence of a strong link between land rights, investment and productivity. The direction of this relationship depends on the type of right held by the operators. Plantations acquired through inheritance are subject to less investment and productivity, while those that have been acquired by purchase experiencing levels of investment and high productivity. These links are supported by the fact that the contact public extension, membership in a farmers' organization, the amount of agricultural labor, improve the incentive to invest or productivity. Le débat sur la question du droit foncier et de son influence sur l'investissement et la productivité agricole divise encore les spécialistes de l'économie et la statistique agricole. Si certains s'accordent à dire que le lien est positif, les effets sont souvent difficilement mesurables ; cela est parfois dû non seulement à la difficulté de mesure du droit foncier et de l'investissement, mais aussi à la méthode économétrique utilisée. Dans le contexte africain, en particulier celui de la culture du café en Côte d'Ivoire, une estimation par les variables instrumentales à partir de la méthode des moments généralisés montre l'existence d'un lien solide entre droit foncier, investissement et productivité. Le sens de ce lien dépend du type de droit détenu par les exploitants. Les plantations acquises par héritage font l'objet de moins d'investissement et de productivité, alors que celles qui ont été acquises par achat connaissent des niveaux d'investissement et de productivité élevés. Ces liens sont soutenus par le fait que le contact avec les vulgarisateurs publics, l'adhésion à une organisation paysanne, la quantité de main d'oeuvre agricole, améliorent l'incitation à investir ou la productivité.

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  • KOUADIO, Hugues, 2012. "Droit foncier, productivité et investissement dans l'agriculture : cas du café en Côte d'Ivoire [Land tenure, productivity and investment in agriculture: the case of coffee in Côte d'Ivoire]," MPRA Paper 49944, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    Droit foncier; productivité; investissement dans l'agriculture; cycle de vie des cultures pérennes; café; Côte d'Ivoire;
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    JEL classification:

    • C30 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - General
    • C36 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
    • C38 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Classification Methdos; Cluster Analysis; Principal Components; Factor Analysis
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • Q0 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General
    • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment

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