The sustainable land management program in the Ethiopian highlands: An evaluation of its impact on crop production

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorDepartment for International Development, United Kingdomen
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierEmily Schmidt: 0000-0003-0109-7687
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number103en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.placeAddis Ababa, Ethiopiaen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorSchmidt, Emilyen
dc.contributor.authorTadesse, Fanayeen
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:24:52Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:24:52Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148501
dc.titleThe sustainable land management program in the Ethiopian highlands: An evaluation of its impact on crop productionen
dcterms.abstractThis Working paper has been published as a journal article, available at https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145927 Agricultural productivity in the highlands of Ethiopia is threatened by severe land degradation, resulting in significant reductions in agricultural GDP. In order to mitigate ongoing erosion and soil nutrient loss in the productive agricultural highlands of the country, the government of Ethiopia initiated a Sustainable Land Management Program (SLMP) targeting 209 woredas (districts) in six regions of the country. This study evaluates the impact of SLMP on the value of agricultural production in select woredas by using a panel survey from 2010 to 2014. Whereas previous studies have used cross-sectional data and short timeframe field trials to measure sustainable land management (SLM) effects on agricultural productivity, this analysis exploits data collected over four years to assess impact. The results of this analysis show that participation by farmers in SLMP, regardless of the number of years of participation in the program, is not associated with significant increases in value of production. This may be due to several reasons. First, similar to previous studies, it is possible that longer term maintenance is necessary in order to experience significant benefits. For example, Schmidt and Tadesse (2014) report that farmers must maintain SLM for a minimum of seven years to reap benefits in value of production. Second, this analysis finds that value of production, as well as SLM investments, increased significantly in both treatment and non-treatment areas over the study period. Previous research has found that non-treatment neighbors learn from nearby program areas, and adopt technologies similar to programmed areas, which would dilute the impact measurement of program effects (Bernard et al. 2007; Angelucci and DiMaro 2010). Finally, it is important to note that kebeles that were not selected in the SLMP, but are downstream relative to a targeted kebele may receive indirect benefits through reduced flooding, increased water tables, etc. Thus, the impact of the SLMP may be underestimated in this analysis if non-program kebeles are benefiting indirectly from the program.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSchmidt, Emily and Tadesse, Fanaye. 2017. The sustainable land management program in the Ethiopian highlands: An evaluation of its impact on crop production. Washington, DC and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148501en
dcterms.extent20 pagesen
dcterms.isPartOfESSP Working Paperen
dcterms.issued2017
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.publisherEthiopian Development Research Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148355en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3266en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/131114en
dcterms.subjectland managementen
dcterms.subjectwater managementen
dcterms.subjectsustainabilityen
dcterms.subjectproductivityen
dcterms.subjectagricultural developmenten
dcterms.subjectland degradationen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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