Tenure security, resource poverty, public programs, and household plot-level conservation investments in the highlands of northern Ethiopia

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Land degradation poses a serious problem for the livelihoods of rural producers. Furthermore, there is rarely enough private investment taking place to commensurate the scale of the problem. This article examines the role of tenure insecurity, resource poverty, risk and time preferences, and community-led land conservation on differentiated patterns of household investment in land conservation in northern Ethiopia.

Agriculture, Experiments, Policy Design