Agricultural Activities and Restoration of Lake Chad

Patrick Ombiono

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Abstract: The disappearance of 90% of Lake Chad's surface has brought riparian countries to elaborate a restoration project for this natural asset. The aim of this study is to estimate the benefits and costs associated with the realization of this project, in order to determine if it is socially profitable. The methodological approach use data from the contingent valuation survey conducted in 2011 in the Cameroonian part of Lake Chad and appropriate statistical and econometric procedures. First, we estimate the middle and long term benefits of the project to be EUR5,549,576.832 and EUR38,543,518.56 respectively. Then, we evaluate the costs generated by the implementation of such a project to EUR37,960,149.12. Finally, the social profitability of this project depends on the temporal horizon used by decision-makers. It is negative for an economic horizon and positive for an ecological horizon.

Keywords: Lake Chad; costs-benefits analysis; contingent valuation method; social benefits; social costs; temporal horizon (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.94753

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