Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the East African Highlands
Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the East African Highlands

Author: J. Pender

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13: 0896297578

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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

Policy Analysis for Sustainable Land Management and Food Security in Ethiopia
Policy Analysis for Sustainable Land Management and Food Security in Ethiopia

Author: Stein Terje Holden

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 0896291456

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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.

Indigenous People
Indigenous People

Author: Purushothaman Venkatesan

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2017-09-06

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 9535134817

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Indigenous peoples are the native ethnic groups, who are descended from and identified with the original inhabitants of a region, in contrast to groups that have settled, occupied, or colonized the area more recently. This book entitled Indigenous People is an attempt to bring out the analysis of indigenous environment, indigenous technical knowledge, indigenous resource governance, and indigenous entrepreneurship and empowerment. This book contains selected chapters from renowned personalities from across the globe who have rich knowledge on sovereignty, economic well-being, and resource access of the indigenous people, on which their cultures depend. This book will certainly be an asset or a boon, not only to the extension fraternity but also to all those who are really thirsty of information and knowledge on indigenous people.

Linkages Between Land Management, Land Degradation, and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Linkages Between Land Management, Land Degradation, and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author: Nkonya, Ephraim

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 0896291685

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Most African countries strive for both poverty reduction and sustainable land management, yet information on the exact relationship between these goals is limited. This report seeks to fill the gap by demonstrating a strong linkage between poverty and land management. Using Uganda as a case study, the authors show that certain policies, such as investments in soil and water conservation and agroforestry, may simultaneously increase productivity and reduce poverty and land degradation. Other strategies, including development of rural roads, non-farm activities, and rural finance, may reduce poverty without significantly affecting productivity or land management. Some policies, however, will likely involve trade-offs among different goals and will need to have their negative impacts minimized. Those in government, NGOs, the private sector, or academia who are concerned about sustainably reducing poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa will benefit from this analysis of how to pursue these key development goals.

Sustainable Intensification to Advance Food Security and Enhance Climate Resilience in Africa
Sustainable Intensification to Advance Food Security and Enhance Climate Resilience in Africa

Author: Rattan Lal

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-10-10

Total Pages: 657

ISBN-13: 3319093606

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This 32-chapter volume represents the core of several oral and poster presentations made at the conference. In addition to Introduction and Conclusion sections, the book is thematically divided into 7 sections, namely, 1) Land Use and Farming Systems, 2) Effects of Climate Change on Crop Yield, 3) Soil Nutrient and Water Management for Carbon Sequestration, 4) Rehabilitation of Degraded Lands through Forestry and Agroforestry, 5) Management of Animal Production for Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 6) Smallholder Adaptation to Climate Change, and 7) Economic, Social and Policy Issues. It addresses these themes in the context of sustainable intensification (SI). It implies increasing agronomic production from the existing land while improving/restoring its quality and decreasing the C or environmental footprint. Simply put, SI means producing more from less.