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Sustainable land management, gender, and agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia's fragile watershed observatory

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  • Kato, Edward
  • Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework
  • Tiruneh, Solomon
  • Ringler, Claudia

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Land degradation is a pressing global challenge, with three billion people residing in degraded landscapes. The global cost of land degradation is estimated to be about $300 billion per year, with Africa south of the Sahara accounting for 26 percent of the total global costs due to land-use and land-cover changes. In Ethiopia, it is estimated that more than 85 percent of land is moderately to severely degraded due to changes in land use and cover, costing the country an estimated US$4.3 billion annually. In order to halt further degradation and support essential restoration through sustainable land management (SLM) and related investments, the Water and Land Resource Center (WLRC) and its consortium of development partners established six learning watersheds in Central and North-Western Ethiopia with the ultimate goal of improving water security and crop and livestock productivity.

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  • Kato, Edward & Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework & Tiruneh, Solomon & Ringler, Claudia, 2021. "Sustainable land management, gender, and agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia's fragile watershed observatory," IFPRI-REACH project notes November 2021, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:fpr:ifprea:november2021
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    ETHIOPIA; EAST AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA; AFRICA; sustainability; sustainable land management; land management; gender; agricultural productivity; watersheds;
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