 POLICY FOR PROVING ADOPTION AND PROFITABILITY OF IRRIGATION IN BENINGbêtondji Melaine Armel Nonvide Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics (RAAE), 2019, vol. 22, issue 01 Abstract: Majority of the irrigation schemes developed in Benin failed upon the withdrawal of foreign partners in 1980s, and these schemes were abandoned by farmers. The 2008 food crisis and the new challenge of climate change and variability have renewed Benin government interest to invest in irrigation development to achieve food security. This article explores the policies needed for such investments to be successful and improve adoption of irrigation and farmers’ profitability using a case study from the rice irrigation scheme of Malanville, Benin. Results indicate that irrigated rice farming is profitable in Benin. Furthermore, profitability is positively correlated with education, access to credit, extension services, soil quality, amount of fertilizer and herbicide applied, and ownership of mobile phone. Policy reforms needed to sustain the development of irrigation and to increase profits include the development of irrigation policy document, the reinforcement of institutional supports for farmers, and the improvement in the production practices. Keywords: Agricultural; and; Food; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:roaaec:285932 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics (RAAE) from Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra Contact information at EDIRC. |
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