Innovation in natural resource management : the role of property rights and collective action in developing countries / edited by Ruth Meinzen-Dick ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela.

International Food Policy Research Institute.

Series:

International Food Policy Research Institute (Series)

International Food Policy Research Institute

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural resources--Developing countries--Management.

Natural resources.

Right of property.

Developing countries.

Management.

Right of property--Developing countries--Case studies.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press for the International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002.

Summary:

International agricultural research is expanding beyond the development of annual crop technologies for individual farms to the development of longer-term natural resource management techniques for entire landscapes. But technologies or practices with a long lag time between investment and returns are unlikely to be adopted by farmers unless they have secure rights to the underlying resources (property rights). Similarly, technologies that span multiple farms are unlikely to be adopted unless neighbors and groups work together (collective action). But little is known about the way property rights and collective action in developing countries mediate the adoption of technologies by farmers and groups. To address this information gap, this volume brings together international experts in economics, sociology, and natural resource management to examine the links among property rights, collective action, and technological change for a variety of technologies across a range of community contexts in the developing world. Authors focus on the reciprocal relationships between community institutions and technologies, the role of property rights in conflicts between crop and livestock production systems, and the way that collective action differs across landscapes. A conceptual framework, methodological approaches, and "best bet" practices are presented to help guide future research. Researchers, policy analysts, and students interested in the links between environmental sustainability, economic growth, equity and poverty alleviation, and technology adoption will benefit from this volume. Contributors: George Arab, Michael Bannister, Regina Birner, Ana Milena de la Cruz, Simeon Ehui, Sarah Gavian, Gustave Gintzburger, Maria del Pilar Guerrero, Hasantha Gunaweera, Peter Hazell, Khalil Jani, Anna Knox, Nancy McCarthy, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Woudyalew Mulatu, Thomas Nordblom, Onyango Okello, Keijiro Otsuka, John Pender, Frank Place, Jonathan Rae, Helle Munk Ravnborg, Sara J. Scherr, Glenn R. Smucker, Brent Swallow, Kimberly A. Swallow, Jon D. Unruh, Justine Wangila, Olaf Westermann, and T. Anderson White.

Contents:

2 Property Rights, Collective Action, and Technologies for Natural Resource Management: A Conceptual Framework / Anna Knox, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Peter Hazell 12

3 Assessing the Relationships between Property Rights and Technology Adoption in Smallholder Agriculture: Issues and Empirical Methods / Frank Place, Brent Swallow 45

4 The Role of Tenure in the Management of Trees at the Community Level: Theoretical and Empirical Analyses from Uganda and Malawi / Frank Place, Keijiro Otsuka 73

5 Measuring the Production Efficiency of Alternative Land Tenure Contracts in a Mixed Crop-Livestock System in Ethiopia / Sarah Gavian, Simeon Ehui 100

6 Land Tenure and the Adoption of Agricultural Technology in Haiti / Glenn R. Smucker, T. Anderson White, Michael Bannister 119

7 Tribes, State, and Technology Adoption in Arid Land Management in Syria / Jonathan Rae, George Arab, Thomas Nordblom, Khalil Jani, Gustave Gintzburger 147

8 Land Dispute Resolution in Mozambique: Evidence and Institutions of Agroforestry Technology Adoption / Jon D. Unruh 166

9 Between Market Failure, Policy Failure, and "Community Failure": Crop-Livestock Conflicts and Technology Adoption in Sri Lanka / Regina Birner, Hasantha Gunaweera 186

10 Organizational Development and Natural Resource Management: Evidence from Central Honduras / John Pender, Sara J. Scherr 207

11 Collective Action in Space: Assessing How Cooperation and Collective Action Vary across an African Landscape / Brent Swallow, Justine Wangila, Woudyalew Mulatu, Onyango Okello, Nancy McCarthy 240

12 Collective Action in Ant Control / Helle Munk Ravnborg, Ana Milena de la Cruz Rebolledo, Maria Del Pilar Guerrero, Olaf Westermann 257

13 Institutions and the Intensification of Cattle-Feeding Techniques: A Village Case Study in Kenya's Coast Province / Kimberly A. Swallow 272

14 Conclusions and Policy Implications / Anna Knox, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Brent Swallow, Frank Place 294.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0801871425

0801871433

OCLC:

49664096