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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.

ethiopia | Agriculture Forestry Common property forest management and private tree growing in the Ethiopian highlands This project aims to achieve two objectives: to identify the determinants of common property forest management (CPFM) and estimate the effects of CPFM on the planting of trees on-farm in the Ethiopian Highlands.

ethiopia | Agriculture Forestry Biomass fuel consumption and dung use as fertilizer: some evidence from rural households in the Amhara region of Ethiopia The two core objectives of the project are: 1. To examine the factors that determine woody biomass and dung consumption as fuel sources. 2. To examine the factors that determine farmers’ adoption and intensity of use of dung as fertilizer.

tanzania | Forestry Improving the Effectiveness of Joint Forest Management in Tanzania Following the 1998 National Forest Policy and the Forest Act of 2002, participatory forest management (PFM) is being introduced in Tanzania, yet little rigorous analysis has been undertaken to determine the effectiveness of PFM, in terms of both protecting forest resources and improving forest-dependent livelihoods and thereby reducing poverty.

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