Innovation platforms for sustainable land management in East African landscapes: Stewardship, incentives, and challenges

Amede, T and Sanginga, P (2014) Innovation platforms for sustainable land management in East African landscapes: Stewardship, incentives, and challenges. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 69 (04). 127A-132A. ISSN 0022-4561

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Abstract

This paper examines the potential role of innovation platforms (IPs) in facilitating the adoption and scaling up of Sustainable Land Management (SLM) practices in East Africa, where land degradation has been a prime challenge affecting food security, livelihoods, and environmental services. Land degradation in Ethiopia has been costing about 3% of the agricultural gross domestic product with an estimated value of US$7 billion over a 20-year period (Berry 2003). Similarly, communities around Mount Elgon in Uganda have been seriously affected by land degradation in multiple ways, including recurrent landslides, which have caused many deaths and destroyed livelihoods (This 200-word excerpt is included in the absence of an abstract).

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	RP-Resilient Dryland Systems
CRP:	CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Innovation platforms, Sustainable Land Management, East Africa, Ethiopia, Uganga, SLM, African landscapes
Subjects:	Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
Depositing User:	Mr Ramesh K
Date Deposited:	20 Oct 2015 04:31
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2015 04:31
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/9079
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.2489/jswc.69.4.127A
Projects:	UNSPECIFIED
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Acknowledgement:	UNSPECIFIED
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