GENDER, GENERATION AND AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION: A CASE OF TWO CEREALS IN THE SUDANIAN SAVANNA OF MALI

Melinda Smale (), Alpha Kergna, Véronique Thériault, Amidou Assima and Naman Keita

No 259505, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Papers from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP)

Abstract: In Mali, yields of dryland cereals—with the exception of maize—have stagnated. Low rates of productivity growth are attributed in part to limited use of mineral fertilizer and declining land quality. In the Sudanian Savanna of Mali, as elsewhere in the West African Sahel, dryland cereals are grown on fields managed collectively and individually by extended families that span multiple generations and multiple households, headed by an elder patriarch who is responsible for organizing land and labor to meet staple food needs. We refer to these, as does the government of Mali, by the term Enterprise Agricole Familiale.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty; International Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31
Date: 2016-10-10
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.259505

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