World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192011-05-17https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2751A Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA) was undertaken to assess the returns to land management practices of major land use types, namely forests, rangelands, and selected crops (rice, maize, cotton, and millet). Also the public expenditure on SLM was reviewed and an assessment carried out how the expenditure is aligned to land policies and how it is targeted to land degradation hotspots. The results show that, without some form of incentives for communities around forests in Sikasso, farmers will continue to clear the forest and plant maize. This underscores the importance of providing payments for ecosystem services for communities in the proximity of forests in Sikasso. Rotational grazing increases the average forage biomass by 7 percent to 20 percent. However, even for rotation grazing, forage biomass shows a declining trend, underscoring the severe overgrazing problem. This suggests rotational grazing alone may not be able to fully address the area's declining pasture quality. BCA of crops shows that for maize, rice, and cotton, land management practices that combine fertilizer, manure, and crop residues are more profitable and competitive than those which use any of the three practices alone.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO INFORMATIONAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIESAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSAGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL LANDSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGROFORESTRYALTERNATIVE ENERGYANIMALSARABLE AREASBENEFIT COST ANALYSISBEQUEST VALUEBIODIVERSITYBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONBIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYBIOMASSCARBONCARBON BIOMASSCARBON MARKETCARBON MARKETSCARBON MITIGATIONCARBON SEQUESTRATIONCARBON TRADINGCHEMICAL FERTILIZERSCHEMICALSCLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATIONCOCO2COLORSCOMMON LANDCOMMUNITY FORESTCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPOSTCOST ANALYSISCOTTONCROPCROP DAMAGECROP PRODUCTIONCROP RESIDUECROP RESIDUESCROP ROTATIONCROP VARIETIESCROP YIELDCROP YIELDSCROPLANDCROPLANDSCROPPINGCROPSDECENTRALIZATIONDEFORESTATIONDEFORESTATION RATEDEGRADED AREASDEGRADED LANDSDEGRADED PASTUREDESERTIFICATIONDNADRAINAGEDRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTUREDROUGHTDRY SEASONECOLOGICAL BENEFITSECOLOGICAL ZONEECOLOGICAL ZONESECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMICSECOSYSTEMEMPIRICAL EVIDENCEENERGY SOURCESENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATIONENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESEQUIPMENTEROSION CONTROLEROSION PREVENTIONEXISTENCE VALUEEXPENDITURESEXTENSION SERVICESFAOFARMFARM ACTIVITIESFARM PRODUCTIVITYFARMERFARMERSFARMINGFERTILISERFERTILIZERFERTILIZER SUBSIDIESFERTILIZER SUBSIDYFERTILIZER USEFINANCIAL RESOURCESFIRE MANAGEMENTFISHFISHERIESFODDERFOOD SECURITYFORESTFOREST CLEARINGFOREST CODEFOREST COVERFOREST DEGRADATIONFOREST LANDFOREST MANAGEMENTFOREST MARGINSFOREST OWNERFOREST POLICYFOREST PRODUCTIONFOREST PRODUCTSFOREST PROTECTIONFOREST RESOURCESFORESTRYFORESTRY POLICYFORESTSFUELWOODHORTICULTURAL CROPSHORTICULTURAL PRODUCTIONHOUSINGHUNGERICRISATIFPRIINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHLABOR COSTSLABOR FORCELAND DEGRADATIONLAND IMPROVEMENTLAND MANAGEMENTLAND QUALITYLAND RESOURCESLAND TENURELAND TENURE SYSTEMSLAND TITLINGLAND USELAND USERSLIVELIHOODSLIVESTOCKLOSS OF FORESTMAIZEMAIZE PRODUCTIONMARGINAL COSTMARKETINGMILLETMINESMINISTRIES OF AGRICULTURENATIONAL FOREST POLICYNATIONAL FORESTRYNATURAL REGENERATIONNATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTNATURAL RESOURCESNATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENTNEGATIVE IMPACTNGOSNITROGENNON-USE VALUESOPPORTUNITY COSTSOPTION VALUEORGANIC MATTEROVERGRAZINGPASTURESPLANT PROTECTIONPLANTINGPOLICY MAKERSPOOR FARMERSPRECIPITATIONPRESENT VALUEPRIVATE SECTORPRODUCEPRODUCERSPRODUCTION COSTPRODUCTION COSTSPRODUCTION SYSTEMSRAINRAINFALLRAINFALL VARIABILITYRAINFED AGRICULTURERAINWATERRANGELANDSREFORESTATIONRESOURCE MANAGEMENTRESOURCE MOBILIZATIONRESOURCE USERICERICE CROPSRICE PRODUCTIONRICE VARIETIESRICE YIELDSRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL DEVELOPMENTSEDIMENTATIONSEEDSSOIL EROSIONSOIL FERTILITYSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTEMPERATURETEXTILESTILLAGETIMBERTIMBER FOREST PRODUCTSTRANSACTION COSTSTREESTROPICAL FORESTSUREAUSE VALUEVEGETATIONVETERINARY SERVICESWATER HARVESTINGWATER SUPPLYWATERSHEDWETLANDSWILDLIFEWINDWIND EROSIONWOODLANDSYIELD INCREASEWorld Bank10.1596/2751