Economic Analysis of the Determinants of the Adoption of Water and Soil Conservation Techniques in Burkina Faso: Case of Cotton Producers in the Province of Bam

Mathieu, Dissani Badoubatoba; Wu, Sanmang; Fredah, Goetswang Kealeboga

doi:10.4236/jep.2019.1010072

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“… Mathieu et al (2019) applied a probit model to analyze the factors that determine the adoption of water conservation techniques among Bam cotton producers, the authors concluded that early warning, group membership, smartphone ownership, and cotton income are decisive factors. However, technical assistance and access to the pesticide were negative factors.…”

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Achieving sustainable soil and water protection: The perspective of agricultural water price regulation on environmental protection

Chou

Dai

Qian

et al. 2021

Agricultural Water Management

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With the development of Chinese economy, more and more attention has been paid to environmental protection, the implementation of water price policy affects economic and environmental changes in China. This paper analyzes the impact of water price policy on agricultural land use and the scale of water pollution discharge in 240 cities in China between 2001 and 2017, by including data from China Urban Statistical Yearbook and China Land & Resources Almanac. The theoretical analysis of this study indicates that the optimal scale of pollution depends on the local initial endowment, economic investment capital and the marginal cost of environmental pollution caused by government's economic activities. Furtherly, the economic activities have a worsening impact on environmental pollution, but when the government implements environmental protection and water price policy measures in response to environmental pollution caused by economic activities, it has a significant impact on the decline in the scale of pollution. The government has promoted the pollution suppression model in the formulation of water prices, which has internalized the external cost of pollution in economic activities and can effectively reduce the scale of agricultural water pollution discharge.

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Achieving sustainable soil and water protection: The perspective of agricultural water price regulation on environmental protection

Chou

Dai

Qian

et al. 2021

Agricultural Water Management

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“…In fact, erosion has been noted as the largest widespread threat to the environment [1,2]. In particular, soil erosion causes 75 billion metric tons of soil to be displaced each year around the world [3]. Due to anthropogenic activities, rain events now pose an increased risk of irreparable soil erosion.…”

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Mapping Erosion Hotspots: Coherent Change Detection in the Quilpie Region, Queensland, Australia

Cook,

Agha Karimi,

Grinham

et al. 2024

Remote Sensing

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Erosion is a powerful force that has moulded the Earth ever since water has been present on its rocky surface. In its seemingly harmless pursuit, erosion threatens ecosystems, reduces agricultural production, and impacts water quality. When trying to investigate erosion, there is no easy way to identify hotspots, only leaving the possibility of predicting where erosion should be occurring. This study aimed to develop a method to identify erosion using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images in a process called Coherent Change Detection (CCD). In doing so, it was found that CCD can be used to identify erosion due to rain events; however, false positives were also found due to soil moisture changes. This study used a new method for removing soil moisture effects that utilised the drying out of the soil to map where changes had occurred. This helped limit false positives, but more work is required to ensure soil moisture does not interfere with the results. Field data comprising aerial imagery and soil sampling were collected to improve the SAR processing as well as validate the results. The results of this study indicate the feasibility of developing an erosion analysis system capable of providing near real-time data specifically for arid regions.

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“…Some severely eroded soils are not useable for further crop production. Mathieu et al (2019) reported that approximately 75 billion metric tons of soil is removed annually from arable lands by wind and water, and around 80% of the world's land suitable for cultivation is moderately or severely eroded (Pimentel, 2006). According to Wuepper et al (2019), global average soil erosion rate reached 2.4 t ha -1 yr -1 .…”

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Global patterns of crop yield responses to soil erosion

Zhang

Huang

et al.

Authorea

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Soil erosion decreases soil productivity and threats global food security. Various relationships between crop yield and soil erosion were found for different regions, but a comprehensive global synthesis of the relationship is lacking. To quantify crop yield and soil erosion, we conducted a meta-analysis with a hierarchical mixed-effects model based on global-scale studies, and incorporating erosion depth, crop yield, grain type, soil type, measure, and other factors. The results confirmed that crop yield was negatively affected by soil erosion, but the decreasing trend of crop yield with erosion thickness was different. Crop yields did not decreased significantly when erosion depth was < 5 cm. When erosion depth was > 20 cm, crop yield clearly decreased no matter what soil management measures were adopted, which indicated that the degradation of soil productivity could not be restored. In addition, the effect degree of erosion was significantly different between 5 -10 cm and 10 -15 cm erosion depth intervals. We conclude that a widely used linear relationship does not well describe the relationships between crop yield and soil erosion, and we suggested that the crop yield response curve was concave when erosion depth was > 5 cm.

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Economic Analysis of the Determinants of the Adoption of Water and Soil Conservation Techniques in Burkina Faso: Case of Cotton Producers in the Province of Bam

Cited by 6 publications

References 13 publications

Achieving sustainable soil and water protection: The perspective of agricultural water price regulation on environmental protection

Achieving sustainable soil and water protection: The perspective of agricultural water price regulation on environmental protection

Mapping Erosion Hotspots: Coherent Change Detection in the Quilpie Region, Queensland, Australia

Global patterns of crop yield responses to soil erosion

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