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Library ResourcePeer-reviewed publicationJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2018Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Malawi
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Library ResourcePeer-reviewed publicationJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2017Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Ethiopia
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Library ResourcePeer-reviewed publicationJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2017Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Ethiopia
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Library ResourcePeer-reviewed publicationJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2017Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Zambia
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2003Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Kenya
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2004Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Uganda
The government of Uganda, with help from its development partners, is designing and implementing policies and strategies to address poverty, land degradation, and declining agricultural productivity. Land degradation, especially soil erosion and depletion of soil nutrients, is widespread in Uganda and contributes to declining productivity, which in turn increases poverty.
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Library ResourcePeer-reviewed publicationReports & ResearchDecember, 2005Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Kenya
Western Kenya is one of the most densely populated areas in Africa. Farming there is characterized by low inputs and low crop productivity. Poverty is rampant in the region. Yet the potential for agriculture is considered good. In the study described here, researchers looked specifially at soil fertility replenishment (SFR) systems...Focused on two specific systems -- the tree-based "improved fallow" system and the biomass transfer system -- the study compared rates of adoption in poor and nonpoor communities and evaluated the extent to which their adoption reduced poverty.
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a bioeconomic model with market imperfections
Policy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2005Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, EthiopiaPolicy Analysis for Sustainable Land Management and Food Security in Ethiopia presents a bioeconomic model of this less- favored area in the Ethiopian highlands. The main reason for selecting this case study area is the unique availability of both biophysical and socioeconomic data covering a period of 15 to 20 years.The data provides a valuable opportunity to analyze the relationships between population pressure, poverty, and land degradation and to test policies for reducing vulnerability and improving sustainable management of the resource base....
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2005Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Kenya
Western Kenya is one of the most densely populated areas in Africa. Farming there is characterized by low inputs and low crop productivity. Poverty is rampant in the region. Yet the potential for agriculture is considered good.
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The case of Uganda
Peer-reviewed publicationPolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2008Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, UgandaAgriculture is vital to the economies of Sub-Saharan Africa: two-thirds of the region’s people depend on it for their livelihoods. Nevertheless, agricultural productivity in most of the region is stagnant or declining, in large part because of land degradation. Soil erosion and soil nutrient depletion degraded almost 70 percent of the region’s land between 1945 and 1990; 20 percent of total agricultural land has been severely degraded. If left unchecked, land degradation could seriously threaten the progress of economic growth and poverty reduction in Africa.
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