ABSTRACT
Conservation is a technical problem which requires much research into the technical and physical situation of the natural resources. These resources can be distinguished into three types: stock of resources, which are not renewable, flow, and temporary flow resources. Land market distortion due to institutional constraints, low investment in preserving productivity, or potential buyers having little knowledge of productivity due to lack of transparency all tend to discourage investment in land use and conservation. Land reform is usually concerned with changing the prevailing pattern of ownership, usage and control of land. Annual equivalent are used in computing the profitability of an investment. Three methods are usually used in evaluating the profitability of an investment: rate of return on investment; cost-benefit analysis; and the internal rate of return. Costs and returns are affected by input costs, physical quantity of output, which is affected by type of technologies used, institutional constraints, weather, pests and diseases.
