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    a bioeconomic model with market imperfections

    Peer-reviewed publication
    Reports & Research
    December, 2005
    Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Ethiopia

    Policy Analysis for Sustainable Land Management and Food Security in Ethiopia presents a bioeconomic model of this less- favored area in the Ethiopian highlands. The main reason for selecting this case study area is the unique availability of both biophysical and socioeconomic data covering a period of 15 to 20 years.The data provides a valuable opportunity to analyze the relationships between population pressure, poverty, and land degradation and to test policies for reducing vulnerability and improving sustainable management of the resource base....

  2. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2013
    Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Ethiopia
  3. Library Resource

    Scenarios for improved agricultural water management in the Blue Nile

    Peer-reviewed publication
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2015
    Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Ethiopia
  4. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2008
    Eastern Africa, Africa, Ethiopia
  5. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2003
    Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Ethiopia

    This paper examines the nature of community management of woodlots and investigates the determinants of collective action and its effectiveness in managing woodlots...in Tigray, northern Ethiopia. We find that collective management of woodlots generally functions well in Tigray.... The findings suggest collective action may be more beneficial and more effective when managed at a more local level, when the role of external organizations is more demand-driven, and when promoted in intermediate population density communities more remote from markets.

  6. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2003
    Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Ethiopia

    In recent years the planting of eucalyptus trees in Ethiopia has expanded from State owned plantations to community woodlots and household compounds.... The regional government promotes planting of eucalyptus and other species in community woodlots, and has recently begun to allow private planting of eucalyptus on community wasteland and steep hillsides. In this paper, the authors review the debate about the ecological impacts of eucalyptus trees, as well as the economic factors that influence whether smallholders invest in these trees.

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