Sustainable land management, gender, and agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia's fragile watershed observatory

Land degradation is a pressing global challenge, with three billion people residing in degraded landscapes. The global cost of land degradation is estimated to be about $300 billion per year, with Africa south of the Sahara accounting for 26 percent of the total global costs due to land-use and land...

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Main Authors: Kato, Edward, Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework, Tiruneh, Solomon, Ringler, Claudia
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143603
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author Kato, Edward
Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework
Tiruneh, Solomon
Ringler, Claudia
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Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework
Ringler, Claudia
Tiruneh, Solomon
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description Land degradation is a pressing global challenge, with three billion people residing in degraded landscapes. The global cost of land degradation is estimated to be about $300 billion per year, with Africa south of the Sahara accounting for 26 percent of the total global costs due to land-use and land-cover changes. In Ethiopia, it is estimated that more than 85 percent of land is moderately to severely degraded due to changes in land use and cover, costing the country an estimated US$4.3 billion annually. In order to halt further degradation and support essential restoration through sustainable land management (SLM) and related investments, the Water and Land Resource Center (WLRC) and its consortium of development partners established six learning watersheds in Central and North-Western Ethiopia with the ultimate goal of improving water security and crop and livestock productivity.
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spelling CGSpace1436032025-11-06T04:33:50Z Sustainable land management, gender, and agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia's fragile watershed observatory Kato, Edward Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework Tiruneh, Solomon Ringler, Claudia land management gender sustainable land management sustainability watersheds agricultural productivity Land degradation is a pressing global challenge, with three billion people residing in degraded landscapes. The global cost of land degradation is estimated to be about $300 billion per year, with Africa south of the Sahara accounting for 26 percent of the total global costs due to land-use and land-cover changes. In Ethiopia, it is estimated that more than 85 percent of land is moderately to severely degraded due to changes in land use and cover, costing the country an estimated US$4.3 billion annually. In order to halt further degradation and support essential restoration through sustainable land management (SLM) and related investments, the Water and Land Resource Center (WLRC) and its consortium of development partners established six learning watersheds in Central and North-Western Ethiopia with the ultimate goal of improving water security and crop and livestock productivity. 2021-11-30 2024-05-22T12:15:31Z 2024-05-22T12:15:31Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143603 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133144 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kato, Edward; Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework; Tiruneh, Solomon; and Ringler, Claudia. 2021. Sustainable land management, gender, and agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia's fragile watershed observatory. IFPRI-REACH Project November 2021. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134870. https://mediaspace.msu.edu/playlist/dedicated/1_8eb2d2e3/1_0sfl3clj
spellingShingle land management
gender
sustainable land management
sustainability
watersheds
agricultural productivity
Kato, Edward
Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework
Tiruneh, Solomon
Ringler, Claudia
Sustainable land management, gender, and agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia's fragile watershed observatory
title Sustainable land management, gender, and agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia's fragile watershed observatory
title_full Sustainable land management, gender, and agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia's fragile watershed observatory
title_fullStr Sustainable land management, gender, and agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia's fragile watershed observatory
title_full_unstemmed Sustainable land management, gender, and agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia's fragile watershed observatory
title_short Sustainable land management, gender, and agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia's fragile watershed observatory
title_sort sustainable land management gender and agricultural productivity evidence from ethiopia s fragile watershed observatory
topic land management
gender
sustainable land management
sustainability
watersheds
agricultural productivity
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