Description: Burkina Faso : Determinants of Cereal Production, Stochastic Frontier Approach for Panel Data

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Burkina Faso : Determinants of Cereal Production, Stochastic Frontier Approach for Panel Data

Burkina Faso's Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS) of the 2000s, which were implemented as annually rolled-over Priority Action Programs, focused on four pillars: a) accelerating broad based growth; b) expanding access to social services for th...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FOOD ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLDS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE AGROFORESTRY AGROFORESTRY SYSTEM ARABLE LAND ATTRITION CAPITA CONSUMPTION CASH CROPS CEREAL PRODUCTION CEREALS CLIMATE COTTON COTTON PRODUCTION CRISES CROP CROP MANAGEMENT CROP PERFORMANCE CROP PRODUCTION CROP REVENUE CROPPING CROPPING SYSTEMS CROPS CULTIVATED LAND DEGRADATION DOMESTIC FOOD DOMESTIC FOOD PRODUCTION DRY SEASON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS FAMILY FARMS FAMILY LABOR FAO FARM FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARMER FARMERS FARMING FARMING ACTIVITIES FARMS FEMALE LABOR FERTILIZER FERTILIZER USE FOOD CRISES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FRUIT GARDENS GENDER GRAIN GRAIN PRODUCTION GREEN BEANS GROUNDNUT HARVESTING HUNGER IFPRI INTERCROPPING LABOR FORCE LEGUMES MAIZE MALNUTRITION MANGO MARKET GARDENING MILLET PLOWING PRODUCE PRODUCTION SYSTEM PRODUCTION SYSTEMS PRODUCTIVITY RICE SESAME SOILS SORGHUM SOWING SOYBEAN SUGAR SUGAR CANE SUGARCANE TUBERS VEGETABLES WATER RESOURCES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/18064767/burkina-faso-policy-note-vol-4-6-determinants-cereal-production-stochastic-frontier-approach-panel-data http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15990

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Summary:	Burkina Faso's Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS) of the 2000s, which were implemented as annually rolled-over Priority Action Programs, focused on four pillars: a) accelerating broad based growth; b) expanding access to social services for the poor; c) increasing employment and income-generating activities for the poor; and d) promoting good governance. Increased public expenditure and targeted social service provision also led to improved access to basic services. In the area of education, progress has been made in terms of school infrastructure. Over the period of 2003-2008, substantial expansion (around 40 percent) of both the number of schools and the number of classrooms was achieved. Controlling and treating epidemic diseases also had good results, thanks to prevention and public awareness efforts and improved hygiene. Meanwhile, the country has been through several exogenous shocks and crises likely to have affected the pattern of poverty outcomes. In the past two decades, Burkina Faso's income per capita growth has been positive and less volatile relative to the past. Recent growth trends appear to be anchored by a general recovery in the primary sector. Household consumption was just as volatile as income per capita in the 1980s, but recovered substantially after the country gained competitiveness in the latter half of the 1990s following devaluation. However, since then, consumption has exhibited much more volatility than output. Finally, most the social indicators show an improvement in Burkina Faso since the early 1980s. Burkina Faso has kept pace with the overall positive trends observed in Sub-Saharan Africa and low income countries.