Title:
THE IMPACT OF IMPROVED SEED SUBSIDIES ON CEREAL YIELDS IN BURKINA FASO: THE CASE OF RICE

Authors:
Sacré Cloli Atsamekou Akouelamouai , Christ Durhel YILA MOUTELET and Prince Gwladys ONDONGO ,Republic of the Congo

Abstract:
After the Food crisis in 2008, the Burkinabe State has adopted the input subsidy polycies among which, we have the improved seed subsidies. The objective of this work is to evaluate the impact of that policy "improved seed subsidies" on rice yields. For this purpose, the two steps method of Heckman has been used in the goal to solve the bias problem provoked by the characteristics observables and unobservables that are ables to influence the results. The results show that improved seed subsidies have a positive impact on rice yields. That impact is 275.0639kg/ha.