This research investigated the efficiency of the crop enterprise mix farmers formulate to cope with moisture stress risk given the different constraints they are living with. Farmers’ moisture risk coping strategies are mainly explained by the allocation of farm land among the different crop...

Land degradation has been identified as one of the most serious problems that threaten the sustainability of agriculture. In an effort to address these problems, the basic paradigm and approach to soil and water conservation has itself evolved over time. In recent years more holistic and...

This paper focuses on the regulatory frameworks that determine the conditions of access for foreign investors and the degree of control that national authorities can (or can no longer) maintain over land in sub-Saharan Africa