Essp working paper xx emily schmidt and fanaye tadesse, december 2016 abstract agricultural productivity in the highlands of ethiopia is threatened by severe land. However, on account of climatic, social and institutional factors contributing to low production and productivity, agriculture is. The economics of sustainable land management practices in the. Mar 01, 2017 the sustainable land management program in the ethiopian highlands. Keywords economics of land degradation drivers of land degradation sustainable land management cost of land degradation introduction ethiopia is one of the most highly populated countries in africa with about 92 million people united nations, 2012, cited by world bank 20. A path to the great green wall initiatives, climate change adaptation and mitigation daniel danano slm program coordinator. Where does sustainable land management practices work. Factors that influence the implementation of sustainable land. Land degradation has been recognized as the leading cause hampering ethiopia. An evaluation of its impact on crop production march 14, 2017 agriculture remains a cornerstone of the ethiopian. Sustainable land management through marketoriented. Factors that influence the implementation of sustainable.
Preface agriculture is the mainstay of the ethiopian population and a key sector of the countrys economy. The sustainable land management program in the ethiopian. Recent estimates using satellite imagery show that land degradation hotspots over the last three decades cover about 23 % of the land area in the country. An assessment of the challenges and prospects of good urban. The assessment of nationally representative household survey shows that important drivers of sustainable land management in ethiopia. Factors that influence the implementation of sustainable land management practices by rural households in tigrai region, ethiopia.
Pdf soil degradation and sustainable land management in. Secondary data were also collected from relavant sources. The sustainable land management slm programme launched by the german federal ministry for economic cooperation and development bmz is requested by the ethiopian government both for technical and financial support in implementing the nationwide sustainable land management programme slmp. This paper argues that assessing the strengths and weaknesses of land governance on urban land sector in ethiopia during 20022011 is important for the implementation of the 2011 urban land management policy and its proclamation. Policies for sustainable land management in the highlands of. Research projects have judged positively the capacity of sustainable land management practices to preserve or enhance the soils characteristics, such as its capacitycarbon stock. Again, it is argued that land tenure security is vital to assure investment on land. This case study provides a spatially explicit assessment of the extent of land degradation soil erosion by water and the costs and benefits of sustainable land management measures. The sustainable land management slm programme launched by the german federal ministry for economic cooperation and development bmz is requested by the ethiopian government both for technical and financial support in implementing the nationwide sustainable land management. Preface the document presents an overview of traditional and introduced technologies and approaches applied for managing land resources in ethiopia.
Ethiopia second phase of the sustainable land management. Following the government of ethiopias rural development and food security strategy, the ipms project aims at contributing to marketoriented agricultural. Sustainable natural resources management 4 associated complex and heterogeneous data, to perform both the analysis of the current resource management policy and to predict the impact of some management. The government of ethiopia goe continues to show strong commitment and leadership for the successful implementation of national slm. Sustainable land management is the use of land resources such as soils, water, animals and plants for the production of goods. Ethiopia second phase of the sustainable land management project english abstract.
Assessing land governance in ethiopian cities 20022011. The objective of the sustainable land management slm project is to ensure the continued provision of these resources and their pristine environment by assisting communities with the powers, knowledge and skills to manage these resources in a sustainable. The sustainable land management program in the ethiopian highlands. In my previous articles and speeches, i had stated that neither ethiopian scholars nor political. The ethiopian strategic investment framework for sustainable land management esif slm.
Summary of papers and proceedings of a seminar held at ilri, addis ababa, ethiopia. The federal democratic republic of ethiopia ministry of. Challenges and prospects for sustainable forest management in. A combination of parametric and nonparametric estimation techniques is used to check result robustness. Land holding ha soil texture topographyagroclimatic zones east hararge zone kombol cha 120,063 258 600900 16002400 0.
Sustainable land management is considered as one of the useful approaches to combat the threat of various forms of land degradation in ethiopia. Ethiopia sustainable land management project english abstract. Land degradation and sustainable land management, ethiopian highlands measures on agricultural land were applied in very few instances only, and had to be introduced on a broader scale by the government and by foreign programmes in the aftermath of the great famine of 19721973, which was droughtinduced but caused by a lack of political. Land degradation in the form of soil erosion and nutrient depletion is increasingly prevalent across the globe. This case study provides a spatially explicit assessment of the extent of land degradation soil erosion by water and the costs and benefits of sustainable land management. Policy analysis for sustainable land management and food security in the.
Ipms improving productivity and market success of ethiopian farmers project working paper 21. I read an article written by professor teshome abebe on the policy implication of the land issue research in ethiopia. This video takes you to tigray, a remote region in ethiopia, where the gef, together with the world bank, is undertaking a successful land management project, supporting local farmers in the. This entry contains the percentage shares of total land area for three different types of land use. Pdf exploring determinants of farmers investments in. Stakeholder assessment of opportunities and constraints to. This is due to the fact that, customarily, it is men who inherit and own land. Land degradation in ethiopia is a result of complex and interacting processes including adverse changes in soils, water, vegetation, biodiversity, and local climatic resources 58. The second section uses three case study countries to discuss how lucc changes happen in practice. As an alternative to continued and accelerated land degradation1, the promotion of sustainable land management slm2 promised the rebuilding of the natural capital assets, a prerequisite and underpinning solution. Economics of land degradation and improvement in ethiopia. Fistum gebremichael, age 23, member of mahber lemlem context.
Sustainable land management technologies and approaches in. Ownership, equity, and liberty in land use rights daniel weldegebriel ambaye, ethiopia key words. Increased land area in ha under sustainable natural resource management practices. Sustainable land management technologies and approaches in ethiopia published on mar 3, 2015 the area coverage and sustainability of land management practices have been limited and localized in. Samson shimelse 1, 2, tamrat bekele 1, sileshi nemomissa 1 1 department of plant biology and biodiversity management, addis ababa university, p.
Soil degradation and sustainable land management in the rainfed agricultural areas of ethiopia. In response to these challenges, the ethiopian government has adopted an ambitious fiveyear growth and transformation plan 20152020, its aim being to achieve the sustainable development goals adopted by the united nations and double ethiopia. Sdpase sustainable development of protected area system of ethiopia. Ethiopia land administration program elap worked to strengthen ethiopias land administration system, promote tenure security, increase public awareness of land rights, and strengthen the capacity of federal and regional land administration agencies. Opportunities and challenges for sustainable production and. Land use policy is an international and interdisciplinary journal concerned with the social, economic, political, legal, physical and planning aspects of urban and rural land use. Ratings for the sustainable land management slm project for ethiopia were as follows. Emily schmidt and fanaye tadesse ethiopia strategy support program ifpri ilri campus. Effects of land use and sustainable land management practices on runoff and soil loss in the upper blue nile basin, ethiopia article pdf available in science of the total environment august. Ethiopia sustainable land management project english. Chapter 9 policies and programs affecting land management practices, input use, and productivity in the highlands of amhara region, ethiopia chapter 10 community natural resource management in the highlands of ethiopia chapter 11 influences of programs and organizations on the adoption of sustainable land management. Sustainable approaches to degraded land restoration in rural ethiopia approaches. Factors influencing smallscale farmers adoption of. Factors that influence the implementation of sustainable land management practices by rural households in tigrai region, ethiopia haftu etsay, teklay negash and metkel aregay abstract background.
Sustainable land management program in ethiopia linking local. Sustainable land management slm refers to practices and technologies that aim to integrate the management of land, water, biodiversity, and other environmental resources to meet human needs while ensuring the longterm sustainability of ecosystem services and livelihoods. There are four components to the project, the first component. The ethiopian highland studies revealed that the ethiopian highlands, which cover 44% of the countrys. It further examines alternative policy, legislative, institutional and implementation mechanisms, and makes recommendations deduced from a thorough analysis of. Population growth and cultivated land in rural ethiopia. Exploring determinants of farmers investments in land management in the central rift valley of ethiopia. Determinants and impact of sustainable land management slm. Ipms improving productivity and market success of ethiopian farmers project working. Sustainable land management through marketoriented commodity development. Sustainable approaches to degraded land restoration in rural. Sustaining land management interventions in ethiopia water.
Sustainable land management project p33 1242017 page 1 of 15 public disclosure copy public disclosure copy. This is followed by an analysis of the land management. Determinants of the adoption of sustainable land management. Strategies for sustainable land management in the east. Past, present and future belay zerga department of natural resources management, wolkite university, ethiopia email. The more secure the farmers are about their land, the more they are interested in making investments on land management eeaeepri, 2002. For several decades, integrated and sustainable watershed management has been suggested and tried in several countries in the world, as an effective way to address complex water and land resource challenges. Stakeholders included farmers as well as representatives of development agencies, agricultural organizations, donors, nongovernmental organizations ngos, and agricultural. Pdf watershed governance arrangements require various types of resources that are essential to create and maintain responsiveness and effectiveness to. Perspectives on capacity, utilization and transformative possibilities management research and practice vol. Ilri international livestock research institute, nairobi, kenya. Chapter 14 economics of land degradation and improvement in. Tree planting requires negotiation or coordinationamong the users of communal land.
Land rights, holding rights, expropriation, largescale agricultural investment summary from time immemorial, land had been controlled by the elite kings and their trusted followers in ethiopia. The objective of the second phase of the sustainable land management project is to reduce land degradation and improve land productivity in selected watersheds in targeted regions in ethiopia. Informing future interventions for scalingup sustainable. Pdf the ethiopian highlands cover over 50% of the country and are home to more than 90% of ethiopias population of over 80 million people estimate.
In late 1996, we held a national workshop on sustainable land management issues at ilri, attended by representatives of the federal government of ethiopia, regional states and other stakeholders, to identify key problems and priorities for policy research on this issue. The paper is divided into five sections and the first one begins by exploring what science tells us about lucc change. Access to rural land in eastern ethiopia mismatch between policy and reality. The terrafrica vision for sustainable land management in subsaharan africa was developed in 2007, see box 1. Policies for sustainable land management in the highlands of ethiopia. Sdprp sustainable development and poverty reduction program. The following assertion forced me to write this commentary. This initiative is part of the ethiopia sustainable land management project ii slmp 2, one of the 12 country investments composing the. Data were collected from april to june 2011 and in october 2012 from a questionnaire survey of 201 rural households and 19 agricultural experts, through. Synergy between traditional and introduced sustainable land management practices in ethiopia wereda population density perso km2 rainfall altitude m. Number of people with improved access to economic and social services disaggregated by service type and gender. Project components llrp has four components that aim to address issues related to range land. Sustaining land management interventions through integrating income generating activities, addressing local concerns and increasing womens participation the government of ethiopia, together with development partners, has, through the growth and transformation program, supported the ecological restoration of degraded lands differently. Sustainable land management is an approach which deals.
Pdf land degradation and sustainable land management in the. Save the childrenusa, the lead organisation for elmt, developed the participatory rangeland management prm approach drawing from and building on the wellaccepted participatory forest management pfm. A new approach to soil and water conservation in ethiopia. The major drivers of land degradation in ethiopia include land. Synergy between traditional and introduced sustainable land. Access to rural land holds the promise to reduce poverty and foster sustainable. National report of ethiopia sustainable development. Research on land ownership and land use policy in ethiopia tsegaye tegenu, phd december 24, 2016. Understanding of traditional knowledge and indigenous. Ethiopia and a consortium of donors have invested substantial resources to develop and promote sustainable land management slm practices as part of efforts to improve environmental conditions, ensure sustainable. The ethiopian strategic investment framework for sustainable.
We examine the contribution of sustainable land management slm practices to net value of agricultural production in areas with low vs. In ethiopia under the fdre, urban land is governed and administrated by the urban land leasehold law which has. Both purposive and stratified sampling techniques were used to collect the primary data. Agricultural land is a scarce resource in ethiopian highlands.
Determinants of sustainability of exclosure establishment and management practices in tigray region, ethiopia. The role of rural land registration and certification. It is an outcome of the documentation undertakings carried out by the ethiopian overview of conservation approaches and technologies ethiocat network during the period 2001 2009. An evaluation of its impact on crop production march 14, 2017 agriculture remains a cornerstone of the ethiopian economy with 75 percent of the total population employed in the sector in 2012, and 86 percent living in rural areas. The 19th wocat network meeting in ethiopia on 1516 may 2019 focused on how to up and outscale sustainable land management slm while achieving land degradation neutrality ldn. Natural resource management refers to the management of natural resources such as land, water, soil, plants and animals, with a particular focus on how management affects the quality of life for both present and future generations stewardship natural resource management deals with managing the way in which people and natural landscapes interact. Objectives improve the legal framework related to land use rights at the national and regional levels. However its implementation has not been successful in most cases, due to various barriers. This paper presents stakeholder types involved in sustainable land management slm, their interests and interactions in dangila woreda district, amhara region, as a case study site. In addition, men were found to have more keen interest in conserving the land than women as well as involvement in other traditional practices of sustainable land management. The impact of sustainable land management practices was also evaluated. Pdf effects of land use and sustainable land management. Stakeholder linkages for sustainable land management in.
Whats next for sustainable land management in ethiopia. Mar 14, 2017 the sustainable land management program in the ethiopian highlands. Sustainable land management program in ethiopia linking. Aug 12, 2016 preface the document presents an overview of traditional and introduced technologies and approaches applied for managing land resources in ethiopia. Land degradation and sustainable land management in the highlands of ethiopia chapter pdf available january 2010 with 4,086 reads how we measure reads. Land lease policy in addis ababa l and lease policy in addis ababa 7 the urban land management system and identifying issues and problems underlying the gap between supply and demand. Land lease policy in addis ababa ethiopian, chamber. Determinants of sustainability of exclosure establishment and. Land use dynamics, access, farm size, and fragmentation.
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