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The economic importance of the dryland ecosystem services in the Kgalagadi area is generally unknown, as is the distribution of benefits from use of the ecosystem services. This study seeks to value…
23 December 2013 | EfD Discussion Paper | South AfricaIn Rwanda, access to water is seen as a significant constraint to development in both urban and rural areas. The government and foreign donors give priority to improving access to water for…
2 December 2013 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenGrape is one of the world's largest fruit crops with approximately 67.5 million tonnes produced each year and energy is an important element in modern grape productions as it heavily depends on fossil…
6 November 2013 | Peer Reviewed | KenyaCotton farmers in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) face pest challenges, the most destructive of which is the African bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera). Reduction in these pest…
6 November 2013 | Peer Reviewed | KenyaThis is a chapter in the book entitled 'Land Tenure Reform in Asia and Africa: Assessing Impacts on Poverty and Natural Resource Management'. The book is about land tenure policies from an…
1 November 2013 | Book Chapter | EthiopiaThe authors analyze the impact of different adaptation strategies on crop net revenues in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia and they estimate a multinomial endogenous switching regression model of climate…
1 November 2013 | Peer Reviewed | EthiopiaMost studies suggest that environmental taxes are regressive, making them less attractive policy options. The general objective of this paper is to analyze and compare fossil fuel and food tax…
4 October 2013 | Peer Reviewed | EthiopiaThe adoption and diffusion of sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) has become an important issue in the development-policy agenda for sub-Saharan Africa, especially as a way to tackle land…
30 September 2013 | Peer Reviewed | EthiopiaThe type and combination of sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) adopted have a significant effect on agricultural productivity and food security. This study develops a multinomial endogenous…
21 September 2013 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden, Ethiopia, Global Hub