Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT, cilt.30, sa.6, ss.608-621, 2019 (SCI-Expanded)
This paper aims to analyse the land use and land management system in Burkina Faso. First, land use change and its drivers over the period 1983-2014 have been assessed using a multiple linear regression analysis. Additionally, based on documentary analysis and interviews, land use policy implementation and institutional issues have been assessed. Agricultural land increased by 35.42% during the period examined, and econometric estimation shows that change in agricultural land is mostly driven by social factors such as population density, economic factors such as value added in the three main sectors, and spatial factors such as other types of land. In terms of land policy, the first Agrarian and Land Reform Act in 1984 initiated a successive land management policy in the country's agenda. Even if policy adoption is relatively sufficient in the country, public institutions' capacity to implement a successful sustainable land management model regarding land access, land development, land resources protection, land market, and investments in infrastructure remains very limited. Therefore, the main conclusion of this paper is that beyond socioeconomic and biophysical factors as driven by land use change, political, and institutional failure may amplify their effects.