INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE, INCENTIVE EFFECTS, AND CHOICE OF TECHNOLOGY IN SUDAN'S IRRIGATED SUBSECTOR: A MODEL OF THE RAHAD SCHEME

Brian C. D'Silva and Kamil I. Hassan

No 277997, Staff Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Sudan's irrigated subsector is the largest and among the most modern in Sub- Saharan Africa. A linear programming model of an average farm in the Rahad scheme is used to analyze the implications of technological and institutional change for cropping patterns, farm income, and demand for imported inputs. A base run and several alternative scenarios test how tenant farmers would react to a number of incentives and constraints.

Keywords: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 69
Date: 1987-10
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.277997

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