Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the East African Highlands

Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the East African Highlands
Author: J. Pender
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 502
Release: 2006
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0896297578

Deforestation, overgrazing, and unsustainable methods of cultivation are threatening agriculture and food security in the highlands of East Africa. In response, economists and other development professionals have turned their attention to combating the pr

Soil Erosion and Sustainable Land Management (SLM).

Soil Erosion and Sustainable Land Management (SLM).
Author: Atsushi Tsunekawa
Publisher:
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2021
Genre:
ISBN: 9783036507873

This Special Issue titled “Soil Erosion and Sustainable Land Management” presents 13 chapters organized into four main parts. The first part deals with assessment of soil erosion that covers historical sediment dating to understand past environmental impacts due to tillage; laboratory simulation to clarify the effect of soil surface microtopography; integrated field observation and the random forest machine learning algorithm to assess watershed-scale soil erosion assessment; and developing the sediment delivery distributed (SEDD) model for sub-watershed erosion risk prioritization. In Part II, the factors controlling soil erosion and vegetation degradation as influenced by topographic positions and climatic regions; long-term land use change; and improper implementation of land management measures are well dealt with. Part III presents different land management technologies that could reduce soil erosion at various spatial scales; improve land productivity of marginal lands with soil microbes; and reclaim degraded farmland using dredged reservoir sediments. The final part relates livelihood diversification to climate vulnerability as well as the coping strategy to the adverse impacts of soil erosion through sustainable land management implementation which opens prospects for policy formulation. The studies cover regions of Africa, Europe, North America and Asia, being dominantly conducted under the framework of international scientific collaborations through employing a range techniques and scales, from the laboratory to watershed scales. We believe those unique features of the book could attract the interest of the wider scientific community worldwide.

Policies for Livestock Development in the Ethiopian Highlands

Policies for Livestock Development in the Ethiopian Highlands
Author: Samuel Benin
Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Agricultural systems
ISBN: 9789291461066

In addition, although use of animal health services, and adoption of improved livestock breeds and modern management practices have increased, ownership of various types of livestock has declined.

Collective Action for Grazing Land Management in Mixed Crop-livestock Systems in the Highlands of Northern Ethiopia

Collective Action for Grazing Land Management in Mixed Crop-livestock Systems in the Highlands of Northern Ethiopia
Author: Berhanu Gebremedhin
Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Agropastoral systems
ISBN: 9789291461127

Communal grazing lands are important sources of feed in developing countries. The uncontrolled and free grazing system prevalent in many developing countries has caused sever degradation of the grazing lands. Several alternative management options have been recommended to solve the degradation of common property resources, including state ownership, imposition and enforcement of use rules and regulations by external organisations such as the government, private ownership and community resource management. This paper examines the nature and determinants of collective action for grazing land management in the highlands of Tigray, northern Ethiopia.