Determinants of the Adoption of Sustainable Land Management Practices and Their Impacts in the Ethiopian Highlands

An extensive review of literature on the determinants of adoption and impacts of land management technologies in the Ethiopian highlands was undertaken to guide policy makers and development agencies in crafting programs and policies that can better and more effectively address land degradation in Ethiopia. Several generalizations emerge from the review: 1) the profitability of land management technologies is a very important factor influencing technology adoption. In many cases it is a threshold consideration; 2) land tenure insecurity and limited transfer rights undermine land management investments; 3) the impacts of household endowments on technology adoption are mixed; and 4) the impacts of credit on input use are positive where input use is profitable and not too risky; in other cases credit is not a binding constraint, because farmers ration their use of credit to avoid risk. Further research on the adoption and impacts of land management practices is needed to build on this understanding of what works, and where. Based on this review, as well as the findings from two companion papers and stakeholder workshops, it appears that research in different biophysical and socioeconomic domains to assess the off-site as well as on-site costs and benefits of alternative land management approaches will be particularly useful in supporting efforts to scale up successful sustainable land management practices in Ethiopia.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Development Policy Review (DPR) biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2007-04
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMISTS, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, AGRICULTURAL STRATEGIES, AGRICULTURE, AGROFORESTRY, AGRONOMY, ALLUVIAL SOILS, AQUIFERS, AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY, BARLEY, BENEFIT ANALYSIS, BIOMASS, CARBON, CEREALS, CHEMICAL FERTILIZER, CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS, CHICKPEAS, CLIMATE, COFFEE, COMPOST, CROP, CROP AREA, CROP FAILURE, CROP PRODUCTION, CROP PRODUCTIVITY, CROP PRODUCTS, CROP RESIDUES, CROP SCIENCE, CROP YIELDS, CROPLAND, CROPS, CULTIVATED LAND, DEFORESTATION, DISCOUNT RATES, DRYLAND AGRICULTURE, DUNG, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC IMPACT, ECONOMIC VALUE, ECONOMISTS, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENTS, EXTENSION SERVICES, FABA BEANS, FALLOWING, FAO, FARM, FARM ACTIVITIES, FARM ECONOMY, FARM HOUSEHOLDS, FARM INCOME, FARM MANAGEMENT, FARM OPPORTUNITIES, FARM PROFITABILITY, FARM SIZE, FARMER, FARMERS, FARMING, FARMING PRACTICES, FARMING SYSTEM, FARMS, FEED, FERTILIZER, FERTILIZER COST, FERTILIZER USE, FIELD CROPS, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD POLICY, FOOD POLICY RESEARCH, FOOD SECURITY, FORESTRY, GENDER, GRAIN, GRAIN MARKET, GRAZING, GROUNDWATER, HUSBANDRY, IFPRI, IMPACT ON YIELD, INCOMES, INNOVATION, INPUT USE, INTERCROPPING, INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LAND DEGRADATION, LAND ECONOMICS, LAND MANAGEMENT, LAND PRODUCTIVITY, LAND REFORM, LEGUMES, LENTILS, LIVELIHOODS, LIVESTOCK, LIVESTOCK FARMING, MAIZE, MARGINAL COST, MARKET EFFICIENCY, MILLET, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, OATS, OPPORTUNITY COSTS, PARTICIPATORY WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT, PEAS, PERENNIAL CROPS, PLANTING, PLOWING, POLICY INSTRUMENTS, POLICY MAKERS, POPULATION GROWTH, PRESENT VALUE, PRIVATE PROPERTY, PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY, PROPERTY RIGHTS, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, ROOT CROPS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SEED, SHARECROPPING, SOIL CONSERVATION, SOIL EROSION, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOILS, SORGHUM, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS, SWEET POTATOES, TARO, TERRACING, TILLAGE, TRADEOFFS, TRANSACTION COSTS, TREE CROPS, TREES, VEGETATION, WHEAT, WILLINGNESS TO PAY, YAMS, YIELDS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/14059811/determinants-adoption-sustainable-land-management-practices-impacts-ethiopian-highlands http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7938
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