Land Degradation And Strategies For Sustainable Development In The Ethiopian Highlands

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Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN 13 : 9789291460908
Total Pages : 126 pages
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Download or read book Land Degradation and Strategies for Sustainable Development in the Ethiopian Highlands written by and published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Fitsum Hagos
Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN 13 : 9789291460984
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Land Degradation and Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the Ethiopian Highlands written by Fitsum Hagos and published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : J. Pender
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 : 0896297578
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the East African Highlands written by J. Pender and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2006 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deforestation, overgrazing, and unsustainable methods of cultivation are threatening agriculture and food security in the highlands of East Africa. In response, economists and other development professionals have turned their attention to combating the pr

Author : Schmidt, Emily
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
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Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The sustainable land management program in the Ethiopian highlands: An evaluation of its impact on crop production written by Schmidt, Emily and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2017-03-24 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agricultural productivity in the highlands of Ethiopia is threatened by severe land degradation, resulting in significant reductions in agricultural GDP. In order to mitigate ongoing erosion and soil nutrient loss in the productive agricultural highlands of the country, the government of Ethiopia initiated a Sustainable Land Management Program (SLMP) targeting 209 woredas (districts) in six regions of the country. This study evaluates the impact of SLMP on the value of agricultural production in select woredas by using a panel survey from 2010 to 2014. Whereas previous studies have used cross-sectional data and short timeframe field trials to measure sustainable land management (SLM) effects on agricultural productivity, this analysis exploits data collected over four years to assess impact. The results of this analysis show that participation by farmers in SLMP, regardless of the number of years of participation in the program, is not associated with significant increases in value of production. This may be due to several reasons. First, similar to previous studies, it is possible that longer term maintenance is necessary in order to experience significant benefits. For example, Schmidt and Tadesse (2014) report that farmers must maintain SLM for a minimum of seven years to reap benefits in value of production. Second, this analysis finds that value of production, as well as SLM investments, increased significantly in both treatment and non-treatment areas over the study period. Previous research has found that non-treatment neighbors learn from nearby program areas, and adopt technologies similar to programmed areas, which would dilute the impact measurement of program effects (Bernard et al. 2007; Angelucci and DiMaro 2010). Finally, it is important to note that kebeles that were not selected in the SLMP, but are downstream relative to a targeted kebele may receive indirect benefits through reduced flooding, increased water tables, etc. Thus, the impact of the SLMP may be underestimated in this analysis if non-program kebeles are benefiting indirectly from the program.

Author : Ephraim Nkonya
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319191683
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement – A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development written by Ephraim Nkonya and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-11-11 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with land degradation, which is occurring in almost all terrestrial biomes and agro-ecologies, in both low and high income countries and is stretching to about 30% of the total global land area. About three billion people reside in these degraded lands. However, the impact of land degradation is especially severe on livelihoods of the poor who heavily depend on natural resources. The annual global cost of land degradation due to land use and cover change (LUCC) and lower cropland and rangeland productivity is estimated to be about 300 billion USD. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) accounts for the largest share (22%) of the total global cost of land degradation. Only about 38% of the cost of land degradation due to LUCC - which accounts for 78% of the US$300 billion loss – is borne by land users and the remaining share (62%) is borne by consumers of ecosystem services off the farm. The results in this volume indicate that reversing land degradation trends makes both economic sense, and has multiple social and environmental benefits. On average, one US dollar investment into restoration of degraded land returns five US dollars. The findings of the country case studies call for increased investments into the rehabilitation and restoration of degraded lands, including through such institutional and policy measures as strengthening community participation for sustainable land management, enhancing government effectiveness and rule of law, improving access to markets and rural services, and securing land tenure. The assessment in this volume has been conducted at a time when there is an elevated interest in private land investments and when global efforts to achieve sustainable development objectives have intensified. In this regard, the results of this volume can contribute significantly to the ongoing policy debate and efforts to design strategies for achieving sustainable development goals and related efforts to address land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

Author : Mohammad Abdul Jabbar
Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN 13 : 9789291460885
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Policies for Sustainable Land Management in the Highlands of Ethiopia written by Mohammad Abdul Jabbar and published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dessalegn Rahmato
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9994450085
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Land and the Challenge of Sustainable Development in Ethiopia written by Dessalegn Rahmato and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2006 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers are organised in three parts: Access to Land and Agrarian Class Differentiation; Land Transaction; Natural Resource Management, Policy, and Economic Return. Eight papers are presented, including the welcome and opening statements and the confer

Author : Stein Terje Holden
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 : 0896291456
Total Pages : 86 pages
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Download or read book Policy Analysis for Sustainable Land Management and Food Security in Ethiopia written by Stein Terje Holden and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Policymakers and technology development institutions have mostly focused on high-potential farming areas, which have better resource endowments and greater access to markets and infrastructure than less-favored areas. However, in developing nations more than one billion people live in less-favored areas, where, despite disadvantages, appropriate policies and programs can generate high returns and contribute significantly to poverty reduction. IFPRI and its partners' research in the highlands of Ethiopia shows how poverty and land degradation can be reduced in a less-favored area. Using a bioeconomic model to analyze the effects that land degradation, population growth, stagnant technology, market imperfections, and increased risk of drought have on household production, welfare, and food security, the report gauges how alternative policy choices affect poverty and land degradation. According to the study, land quality and household welfare are both in peril in the Ethiopian highlands.The population in the region could suffer devastating effects if proper policies are not put in place. The bioeconomic modeling approach used in this study can be usefully adapted and applied in many other settings and at larger spatial and socioeconomic scales.

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Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
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Total Pages : 88 pages
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Download or read book Nature and Causes of Land Degradation in the Oromiya Region written by and published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mekuria Argaw Denboba
Publisher : Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3865374441
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forest Conversion, Soil Degradation, Farmers' Perception Nexus written by Mekuria Argaw Denboba and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2005 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: