TY  - CHAP
N2  - The degradation of natural resources raises a variety of issues related to rural livelihoods, poverty,
distribution of income and inter-generational equity. Land degradation also deprives smallholders
and particularly the poor of a key resource and diminishes capacity to undertake critical
investments, possibly leading to depletion of buffer stocks and increased vulnerability. These
problems are most pronounced in areas with widespread poverty and fragile ecosystems such as
arid, semi-arid and highland regions (Pender and Hazell, 2000; Shiferaw and Bantilan, 2004). In
such areas sustainable intensification of agriculture through land conservation and management is
a critical policy challenge...
ED  - Köhlin, G
ED  - Bluffstone, R
AV  - public
KW  - Smallholder Investments
KW  -  Sustainable Land Management
KW  -  Land degradation
A1  - Shiferaw, B
A1  - Okello, J
TI  - Stimulating smallholder investment in sustainable land management: Overcoming market, policy and institutional challenges
UR  - http://oar.icrisat.org/10589/
T2  - . Agricultural Investment and Productivity: Building Sustainability in East Africa
Y1  - 2011///
ID  - icrisat10589
SN  - 9781138103849
PB  - Routledge
ER  -