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Push–pull farming system in Kenya: Implications for economic and social welfare

Land Use Policy Volume 77

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2018
Kenya
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land use
poverty
research
This study examines the farm-level economic benefits and aggregate welfare impacts of adopting push–pull technology (PPT)—an innovative, integrated pest and soil-fertility management strategy—with a set of household- and plot-level data collected in western Kenya. The evaluation is based on a combination of econometric and economic surplus analysis. Treatment effect estimates are used to assess the technology-induced shift in the maize supply curve, which is then used as an input to the economic surplus analysis.
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Elephants over the Cliff: Explaining Wildlife Killings in Tanzania

Land Use Policy Volume 44

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2015
Tanzania, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land use
research
sustainable land management
Many incidents of elephant killings have recently taken place in Tanzania as well as in other African countries. Such events are usually presented as results of the rising global demand for ivory. As we show in this case study, however, not all violence against elephants is driven by the ivory trade. This article presents an event that occurred in West Kilimanjaro in 2009 when numerous villagers chased a herd of elephants over a cliff, killing six of them. Using a ‘web of relations’ approach, we seek to uncover the underlying as well as the immediate factors that led to this incident.
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Applying Ostrom’s institutional analysis and development framework to soil and water conservation activities in north-western Ethiopia

Land Use Policy Volume 71

Peer-reviewed publication
February, 2018
Ethiopia
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
development
land degradation
land use
sustainable land management
water
commons
activities
research
Sustainable land management is of utmost importance in Ethiopia and relies on Soil and Water Conservation (SWC) measures collectively implemented by smallholders through participatory processes. This paper contributes systematic evidence on how SWC strategies are implemented and how participation is operationalized.
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Adoption of improved amaranth varieties and good agricultural practices in East Africa

Land Use Policy Volume 83

Peer-reviewed publication
April, 2019
Kenya, Tanzania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land use
research
This study quantifies the adoption of improved amaranth varieties in Kenya and Tanzania, and the extent to which these result from international vegetable breeding research conducted by the World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) and partners. The study used expert elicitation and a questionnaire survey among vegetable seed producers. Nine expert panels were conducted involving 123 local experts. The results show that improved amaranth varieties were planted on 51% of the planted area in Kenya and 70% in Tanzania.
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Criteria for selection and evaluation of biosphere reserves in support of the UNESCO MAB programme in South Africa

Land Use Policy Volume 76

Peer-reviewed publication
July, 2018
French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Central African Republic, South Africa, Southern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land use
research
The biosphere reserve model is a global designation in accordance with UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme. Biosphere reserves are required to fulfil three functions as prescribed by UNESCO, namely conservation, sustainable development and logistic support. Worldwide, the 669 biosphere reserves in 120 countries are experiencing different degrees of effectiveness in fulfilling these functions.
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Sustainable recommendation domains for scaling agricultural technologies in Tanzania

Land Use Policy Volume 66

Peer-reviewed publication
July, 2017
Tanzania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
geographical information systems
land use
research
Low adoption of sustainable intensification technologies hinders achievement of their potential impacts on increasing agricultural productivity. Proper targeting of locations to scale-out particular technologies is a key determinant of the rate of adoption. Targeting locations with similar biophysical and socio-economic characteristics significantly increases the probability of adoption. Areas with similar biophysical and socio-economic characteristics are referred to as recommendation domains (RDs).
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Exploring land use/land cover changes, drivers and their implications in contrasting agro-ecological environments of Ethiopia

Land Use Policy Volume 87

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2019
Ethiopia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
geographical information systems
land cover
land cover change
land use
research
This study examined the trends, driving factors, and implications of land use/land cover (LULC) dynamics over the past 35 years (1982–2017) in three watersheds of the drought-prone areas that represent different agro-ecologies of Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia: Guder (highland), Aba Gerima (midland), and Debatie (lowland). The changes in LULC were analyzed by integrating field observations, remote-sensing data (aerial photographs [1: 50,000 scale] and very high resolution [0.5–3.2 m] satellite images), and geographic information systems.
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Population-dynamics focussed rapid rural mapping and characterisation of the peri-urban interface of Kampala, Uganda

Land Use Policy Volume 27

Peer-reviewed publication
July, 2010
Uganda
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agriculture
land use
research
In developing countries, cities are rapidly expanding and urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) has an important role in feeding these growing urban populations; however such agriculture also carries public health risks such as zoonotic disease transmission. It is important to assess the role of UPA in food security and public health risks to make evidence-based decisions on policies. Describing and mapping the peri-urban interface (PUI) are the essential first steps for such an assessment.
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Impacts of drought-tolerant maize varieties on productivity, risk, and resource use: Evidence from Uganda

Land Use Policy Volume 88

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2019
Uganda
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land use
research
Weather variability is an important source of production risk for rainfed agriculture in developing countries. This paper evaluates the impacts of the adoption of drought-tolerant maize varieties on average maize yield, yield stability, risk exposure and resource use in rainfed smallholder maize farming. The study uses cross-sectional farm household-level data, collected from a sample of 840 farm households in Uganda. The adoption of drought-tolerant maize varieties increased yield by 15% and reduced the probability of crop failure by 30%.
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Registration of private interests in land in a community lands policy setting: An exploratory study in Meru district, Tanzania

Land Use Policy Volume 99

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2020
Tanzania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land registration
land use
legal pluralism
research
Current Tanzanian land law offers registration of private interests in land in the form of Certificates of Customary Rights of Occupancy (CCROs) within a broader community lands approach. We conducted qualitative research on the issuance of CCROs along a mountain slope transect in Meru district in northeast Tanzania. This area features intensified smallholder agriculture that evolutionary theory suggests is well adapted for registration of private interests in land.