Open AccessAnalyse Economique De La Restauration Des Aires Protegees En Côte D’ivoire : Cas Du Parc National De Taï
Author(s) -
Moussa Sangaré
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
european scientific journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1857-7881
pISSN - 1857-7431
DOI - 10.19044/esj.2017.v13n1p182
Subject(s) - contingent valuation , tobit model , national park , geography , agriculture , welfare economics , willingness to accept , forestry , valuation (finance) , political science , economics , willingness to pay , archaeology , econometrics , microeconomics , finance
This paper analyses the optimal conditions of the imperative restoration of the National Park of Tai. Particularly, it aims to study, using the contingent valuation method, the feasibility of a voluntary retrocession of agricultural parcels located in the vicinity of this park. Thus a simple censored tobit model is used to identify the determinants of willingness to accept of smallholders. Data collection was conducted among 508 households settled in the neighboring localities of this park. Statistical analysis of survey data reveals initially the unpopularity and difficulties of implementing such a measure given the low commitment of smallholders to the proposed policy. Secondly, econometric analysis identifies the instruction attainment, part-time practice of farming, membership in some support group, previous farming experience, the extend of ceded parcel, farm-home distance and environmental sensitivity of the individual like the main explicative variables of the willingness to accept of smallholders.