Enhancing sustainable intensification in Ethiopia through landscape restoration interventions: The sustainable intensification assessment framework approach

Assessing the effects of landscape restoration interventions requires a systematic assessment approach that integrates Sustainable Intensification (SI) indicators. The Sustainable Intensification Assessment Framework (SIAF) is an impact assessment approach that incorporates SI indicators including p...

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Autores principales: Adimassu, Zenebe, Tibebe, Degefie, Tamene, Lulseged, Abera, Wuletawu, Ayehu, Getachew Tesfaye
Formato: Journal Article
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169216
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author Adimassu, Zenebe
Tibebe, Degefie
Tamene, Lulseged
Abera, Wuletawu
Ayehu, Getachew Tesfaye
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Adimassu, Zenebe
Ayehu, Getachew Tesfaye
Tamene, Lulseged
Tibebe, Degefie
author_facet Adimassu, Zenebe
Tibebe, Degefie
Tamene, Lulseged
Abera, Wuletawu
Ayehu, Getachew Tesfaye
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description Assessing the effects of landscape restoration interventions requires a systematic assessment approach that integrates Sustainable Intensification (SI) indicators. The Sustainable Intensification Assessment Framework (SIAF) is an impact assessment approach that incorporates SI indicators including productivity, economic, environmental, human and social conditions in the assessment of the performance of landscape restoration interventions. This study was conducted in the Geda and Doyogena landscapes of Ethiopia to assess the performance of landscape restoration interventions. The SIAF was used in two landscapes of Ethiopia. This paper employed various data sources including primary data from the Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS), secondary data from a literature review and satellite imagery. Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) techniques were used to analyze satellite images while SPSS (V. 26) package was used to analyze primary survey data. Results showed that restoration in both landscapes improved the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), increased water productivity and reduced soil erosion. Although landscape restoration reduced soil erosion, it is still by far higher than the tolerable soil loss limit in the Doyogena landscape. This indicates that more land management interventions should be implemented in the coming years. We observed high variability of indicator scores across the five domains in both landscapes. The aggregated indicators showed that landscape management contributed to restoring the environment and improving agricultural productivity and income of households in Ethiopian highlands.
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spelling CGSpace1692162025-10-26T12:52:46Z Enhancing sustainable intensification in Ethiopia through landscape restoration interventions: The sustainable intensification assessment framework approach Adimassu, Zenebe Tibebe, Degefie Tamene, Lulseged Abera, Wuletawu Ayehu, Getachew Tesfaye sustainable intensification watershed management intensification erosion restoration soil landscape conservation landscape approaches Assessing the effects of landscape restoration interventions requires a systematic assessment approach that integrates Sustainable Intensification (SI) indicators. The Sustainable Intensification Assessment Framework (SIAF) is an impact assessment approach that incorporates SI indicators including productivity, economic, environmental, human and social conditions in the assessment of the performance of landscape restoration interventions. This study was conducted in the Geda and Doyogena landscapes of Ethiopia to assess the performance of landscape restoration interventions. The SIAF was used in two landscapes of Ethiopia. This paper employed various data sources including primary data from the Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS), secondary data from a literature review and satellite imagery. Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) techniques were used to analyze satellite images while SPSS (V. 26) package was used to analyze primary survey data. Results showed that restoration in both landscapes improved the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), increased water productivity and reduced soil erosion. Although landscape restoration reduced soil erosion, it is still by far higher than the tolerable soil loss limit in the Doyogena landscape. This indicates that more land management interventions should be implemented in the coming years. We observed high variability of indicator scores across the five domains in both landscapes. The aggregated indicators showed that landscape management contributed to restoring the environment and improving agricultural productivity and income of households in Ethiopian highlands. 2025-04 2025-01-16T08:38:07Z 2025-01-16T08:38:07Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169216 en Limited Access Elsevier Adimassu, Z.; Tibebe, D.; Tamene, L.; Abera, W.; Ayehu, G.T. (2024) Enhancing sustainable intensification in Ethiopia through landscape restoration interventions: The sustainable intensification assessment framework approach. Ecological Frontiers, Online first paper (2024-11-14). ISSN: 2950-5097
spellingShingle sustainable intensification
watershed management
intensification
erosion
restoration
soil
landscape conservation
landscape approaches
Adimassu, Zenebe
Tibebe, Degefie
Tamene, Lulseged
Abera, Wuletawu
Ayehu, Getachew Tesfaye
Enhancing sustainable intensification in Ethiopia through landscape restoration interventions: The sustainable intensification assessment framework approach
title Enhancing sustainable intensification in Ethiopia through landscape restoration interventions: The sustainable intensification assessment framework approach
title_full Enhancing sustainable intensification in Ethiopia through landscape restoration interventions: The sustainable intensification assessment framework approach
title_fullStr Enhancing sustainable intensification in Ethiopia through landscape restoration interventions: The sustainable intensification assessment framework approach
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing sustainable intensification in Ethiopia through landscape restoration interventions: The sustainable intensification assessment framework approach
title_short Enhancing sustainable intensification in Ethiopia through landscape restoration interventions: The sustainable intensification assessment framework approach
title_sort enhancing sustainable intensification in ethiopia through landscape restoration interventions the sustainable intensification assessment framework approach
topic sustainable intensification
watershed management
intensification
erosion
restoration
soil
landscape conservation
landscape approaches
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169216
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