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ethiopia | Agriculture Forestry Public Safety Nets and Crowding Out Effects: Tree Growing and Livestock in Highland Ethiopia Food insecurity is a common problem in Ethiopia because of natural (e.g. drought, flood) and idiosyncratic risks (e.g. illness). To reduce the welfare impact of risks, households use different risk coping strategies such as diversification of crops, different crop management practices, and informal risk sharing mechanisms.

kenya | Forestry Factors Influencing Local Communities’ Satisfaction Levels with Different Forest Management Approaches of Kakamega Forest, Kenya Paul M. Guthiga, John Mburu and Karin Holm-Mueller, 2008, "Factors Influencing Local Communities’ Satisfaction Levels with Different Forest Management Approaches of Kakamega Forest, Kenya", Environmental Management, 2008, Vol.41, pp.696-706

china | Agriculture Forestry Incomplete Property Rights, Exposure to Markets and the Provision of Environmental Services in China This paper uses data from a 2003 rural survey to examine the determinants of household provision of environmental services under China’s Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP), the largest payment for environmental services program in the developing world. Bennett, M., A. Mehta, and J. Xu. 2008. "Incomplete Property Rights, Exposure to Markets and the Provision of Ecosystem Services in China". Working paper, Environmental Economics Program in China.

ethiopia | Forestry Policies to increase forest cover in Ethiopia This brief is a summary of the main outcomes of a forest policy workshop on “Policies to increase forest cover in Ethiopia” held on 18-19 September 2007 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The workshop was organized by the Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia based at the Ethiopian Development Research Institute and sponsored by the Environment for Development initiative of University of Gothenburg. The workshop attracted participants from federal and regional governments, non-governmental organizations, donors, research institutes and universities in Ethiopia and researchers/experts from other countries.

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