Sustainable land management through market oriented commodity development: Case studies from Ethiopia
Land degradation has been identified as severe environmental problem in Ethiopia, especially since the early 1970s. Because there is significant degradation on cultivated lands in Ethiopia, there is potentially high payoff to addressing degradation in the country. In this paper we focus mainly on th...
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| author | Gebremedhin, Berhanu Woldewahid, G. Dessalegn, Yigsaw Gebey, T. Teka, W. |
| author_browse | Dessalegn, Yigsaw Gebey, T. Gebremedhin, Berhanu Teka, W. Woldewahid, G. |
| author_facet | Gebremedhin, Berhanu Woldewahid, G. Dessalegn, Yigsaw Gebey, T. Teka, W. |
| author_sort | Gebremedhin, Berhanu |
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| description | Land degradation has been identified as severe environmental problem in Ethiopia, especially since the early 1970s. Because there is significant degradation on cultivated lands in Ethiopia, there is potentially high payoff to addressing degradation in the country. In this paper we focus mainly on the effect of short-term benefits to farmers and the explicit considerations of the linkages between natural resource management and market-oriented commodity development on the adoption and scaling out of sustainable land management practices. We hypothesize that linking natural resource management with market-oriented commodity development enhances sustainable land management by providing farmers with short-term benefits. We test this hypothesis with analysis of case studies of four districts in Ethiopia. Two of the case studies deal with the linkage between grazing land development and market-oriented livestock development, and the other two deal with the linkage between conservation agriculture and market-oriented crop production. Results indicate that, indeed, direct linkages of natural resource management with market-oriented commodity development that have profitable market opportunities can enhance sustainable land management. Results imply that participatory approaches to the appraisal of community resources, identification and prioritization of key constraints of commodity development, and implementation of interventions greatly facilitate adoption and scaling out of interventions. |
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| spelling | CGSpace23722025-11-04T20:26:54Z Sustainable land management through market oriented commodity development: Case studies from Ethiopia Gebremedhin, Berhanu Woldewahid, G. Dessalegn, Yigsaw Gebey, T. Teka, W. land use innovation adoption marketing Land degradation has been identified as severe environmental problem in Ethiopia, especially since the early 1970s. Because there is significant degradation on cultivated lands in Ethiopia, there is potentially high payoff to addressing degradation in the country. In this paper we focus mainly on the effect of short-term benefits to farmers and the explicit considerations of the linkages between natural resource management and market-oriented commodity development on the adoption and scaling out of sustainable land management practices. We hypothesize that linking natural resource management with market-oriented commodity development enhances sustainable land management by providing farmers with short-term benefits. We test this hypothesis with analysis of case studies of four districts in Ethiopia. Two of the case studies deal with the linkage between grazing land development and market-oriented livestock development, and the other two deal with the linkage between conservation agriculture and market-oriented crop production. Results indicate that, indeed, direct linkages of natural resource management with market-oriented commodity development that have profitable market opportunities can enhance sustainable land management. Results imply that participatory approaches to the appraisal of community resources, identification and prioritization of key constraints of commodity development, and implementation of interventions greatly facilitate adoption and scaling out of interventions. 2010-08-30 2010-08-31T12:34:05Z 2010-08-31T12:34:05Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/2372 en Open Access application/pdf International Livestock Research Institute Gebremedhin, B.; Woldewahid, G.; Dessalegn, Y.; Gebey, T.; Teka, W. 2010. Sustainable land management through market-oriented commodity development: case studies from Ethiopia. IPMS Working Paper 21. 42p. Nairobi (Kenya): ILRI. |
| spellingShingle | land use innovation adoption marketing Gebremedhin, Berhanu Woldewahid, G. Dessalegn, Yigsaw Gebey, T. Teka, W. Sustainable land management through market oriented commodity development: Case studies from Ethiopia |
| title | Sustainable land management through market oriented commodity development: Case studies from Ethiopia |
| title_full | Sustainable land management through market oriented commodity development: Case studies from Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable land management through market oriented commodity development: Case studies from Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable land management through market oriented commodity development: Case studies from Ethiopia |
| title_short | Sustainable land management through market oriented commodity development: Case studies from Ethiopia |
| title_sort | sustainable land management through market oriented commodity development case studies from ethiopia |
| topic | land use innovation adoption marketing |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/2372 |
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