In this chapter, results of recent research conducted in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray, which has experienced severe land degradation are synthesized. This paper highlights the technological and institutional factors determining the adoption of natural resource conservation at both the ...
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[Sustainable management of private and communal lands in northern Ethiopia]
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Sustainable management of private and communal lands in northern Ethiopia
This paper is divided in sections. The first section deals with empirical model, methods, and hypotheses and looks into methods, data Sources, econometric approach, and predicted Impacts of selected variables. The second one discusses agriculture and land management in the highlands of Tigray wit...
Pender, J.L.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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[Land management, crop production, and household income in the highlands of Tigray, northern Ethiopia: An econometric analysis]
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Land management, crop production, and household income in the highlands of Tigray, northern Ethiopia: An econometric analysis
This chapter investigates the land management practices used in the highlands of Tigray, northern Ethiopia. The factors influencing them, and their implications for crop production. Several factors commonly hypothesized to have a major impact on land management and agricultural production - inclu...
Pender, J.L.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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[Impacts of policies and technologies in dryland agriculture: Evidence from northern Ethiopia]
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Impacts of policies and technologies in dryland agriculture: Evidence from northern Ethiopia
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Land use Project Summary: Project PE-4: Annual Report 2005]
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Land use Project Summary: Project PE-4: Annual Report 2005
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[Improving crop-livestock productivity and household income through the use of contour bunding and agroforestry options]
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Improving crop-livestock productivity and household income through the use of contour bunding and agroforestry options
Healthy soils play a critical role in supporting agricultural productivity, climate change mitigation and resilience, and a range of ecosystem services. Degraded and poorly responsive soils cover large areas of Africa and represent the majority of poor farmers’ fields in certain regions. While th...
Zhang, Wei
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Walker, Dominic
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Hernandez, Carlos Calvo
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Elias, Marlène
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Nkonya, Ephraim M.
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[Gendered opportunities for improving soil health: A conceptual framework to help set the research agenda]
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Gendered opportunities for improving soil health: A conceptual framework to help set the research agenda
flow and the benefits derived from both built and natural infrastructure. The results provide initial perspectives not just on the monetary values of a number of ecosystem services (and how they change as flows vary and are altered by large dams) but also, importantly, aspects of equity and socia...
McCartney, Matthew P.
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Foudi, S.
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Muthuwatta, Lal
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Sood, Aditya
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Simons, G.
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[Quantifying the services of natural and built infrastructure in the context of climate change: the case of the Tana River Basin, Kenya]
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Quantifying the services of natural and built infrastructure in the context of climate change: the case of the Tana River Basin, Kenya
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Imache, A.
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[Groundwater governance in Tunisia. A Policy White Paper]
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Groundwater governance in Tunisia. A Policy White Paper