Stakeholder Assessment of Opportunities and Constraints to Sustainable Land Management in Ethiopia

Stakeholder Assessment of Opportunities and Constraints to Sustainable Land Management in Ethiopia

Stakeholders' perceptions of opportunities and constraints to sustainable land management in Ethiopia was assessed through interviews and a review of secondary data. Stakeholders included farmers as well as representatives of development agenc...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Environmental Study
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AFFORESTATION AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTERS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEMS AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY DISSEMINATION AGRICULTURAL TRAINING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIES AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION AGROFORESTRY AGROFORESTRY PRACTICES AGRONOMY ANIMAL SCIENCE BIODIVERSITY CARBON CARBON SEQUESTRATION CATCHMENT CATCHMENT AREA CATTLE CEREAL CROPS CLIMATE CHANGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES CONSERVATION TILLAGE CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CROP CROP PRODUCTION CROP RESIDUES CROP SCIENCE CROPS CULTIVATION DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING DEFORESTATION DESERTIFICATION DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DROUGHT DRYLANDS ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTS EROSION PROCESS EXTENSION EXTENSION AGENTS EXTERNALITIES FAO FARMER PARTICIPATION FARMERS FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FEED FOOD INSECURITY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FORAGE PRODUCTION FOREST FORESTRY FORESTS GROUND COVER ICRAF IMPACT ASSESSMENTS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN AGROFORESTRY INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRRIGATION LABOR MARKETS LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND REFORM LAND RESOURCES LAND TENURE LAND TENURE SECURITY LAND USE LAND USE PLANNING LAND USERS LEGUMINOUS PLANTS LITERACY LEVELS LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK ENTERPRISES LIVESTOCK FEED LIVESTOCK POPULATION MARGINAL LANDS MARKETING NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEM NATIONAL RESEARCH NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NGOS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRIENT CYCLE ORGANIC MATTER OVERGRAZING PLANTING POLICY MAKERS POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY REDUCTION RANGELANDS RECLAMATION REFORESTATION REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH RESEARCH AGENDA RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE SOIL CONSERVATION SOIL DEGRADATION SOIL EROSION SOIL FERTILITY SOIL MANAGEMENT SOIL PRODUCTIVITY SOIL QUALITY SOILS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE USE THE CONSULTATIVE GROUP TIMBER TREES UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITIES USAID WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WETLANDS WHEAT WOOD
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/14059852/stakeholder-assessment-opportunities-constraints-sustainable-land-management-ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7940

Description
Summary:	Stakeholders' perceptions of opportunities and constraints to sustainable land management in Ethiopia was assessed through interviews and a review of secondary data. Stakeholders included farmers as well as representatives of development agencies, agricultural organizations, donors, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and agricultural research systems. Stakeholders generally perceive that the numerous, well-intentioned but piecemeal interventions undertaken over the last few decades have contributed little to reversing the negative spiral of land degradation, for several reasons: 1) the top-down, non participatory approach was generally unsuited to specific farming systems; 2) most funding for sustainable land management (SLM) was channeled to so-called 'low-potential' areas, neglecting 'high-potential' areas where serious land degradation is now occurring; and 3) agricultural research, training, and extension were not sufficiently integrated. In particular, research, training, and extension institutions are crop focused, top-down, and quota-driven; they lack institutional linkages with each other and interdisciplinary linkages within their own walls; and thus they are ineffective in addressing integrated soil/water and watershed management issues. According to stakeholders, participatory, integrated, technically high-quality, and economically profitable interventions are needed to achieve sustainable results.

Cannot write session to /tmp/vufind_sessions/sess_8mnq6suq4r9rvu2miu805n891l