Exploring the scope for transboundary collaboration in the Blue Nile river basin: downstream willingness to pay for upstream land use changes to improve irrigation water supply

Tesfaye, Abonesh; Brouwer, Roy

doi:10.1017/s1355770x15000182

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“…This result agrees with our hypothesis formulated regarding the relationship between adoption of SLM practice and landholding size of the household. Habtamu (2009), Befekadu and Frank (2015), Senbetie et al (2017) and Tesfaye and Brouwer (2016) also found a similar result in their respective studies. However, the study by Haftu et al (2019) found out a negative relationship between farm size and adoption of indigenous conservation practices in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.…”

Section: Model Results On Adoption Of Sustainable Land Management Practices Choicessupporting

confidence: 54%

“…This is probably because educated household head better understand the benefit of adopting soil fertility management and soil erosion control methods of SLM practices. The study by Senbetie et al (2017), Tesfaye and Brouwer (2016) and Yitayal (2004) also obtained a similar result in their respective studies on the relationship between the level of education and the decision to adopt soil conservation technology in Ethiopia.…”

Section: Model Results On Adoption Of Sustainable Land Management Practices Choicessupporting

confidence: 53%

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Determinants of adoption of sustainable land management practice choices among smallholder farmers in Abay Basin of Oromia, Ethiopia

Legesse¹,

Haji²,

Ketema³

et al. 2021

J. Dev. Agric. Econ.

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Land degradation mainly caused by soil erosion, and shades an ominous threat to the livelihood development prospects of Ethiopian smallholder farmers. In response to this, the government of Ethiopia introduced a Sustainable Land Management Program (hereafter referred as 'SLM'), even though the adoption by smallholder farmers has been low. This study aims to analyze the factors that influence the adoption of SLM practices choices using primary data collected from 200 smallholder farmers. Both descriptive statistics and Multivariate Probit model were applied. The multivariate probit model revealed that the main factors that positively and significantly influenced the decision of farmers to use these SLM practices are the household size, livestock holding size, amount of total income, level of education, the slope of farm plot, extension services and use of credit, the status of soil erosion hazard. However, distance to the nearest market had a negative and significant effect on adoption of SLM practices choices in the study area. The study recommended that the regional and local government should design various specific programs to resolve the constraints for scaling up and adopting the SLM practices through facilitating additional income-earning activities, encouraging the use of labor-saving technologies, promoting modern livestock production system, increasing farmers' literacy level, promoting soil conservation techniques, widening the rural microfinance intuition services and establishing near market information provision center in the study area.

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Section: Model Results On Adoption Of Sustainable Land Management Practices Choicessupporting

confidence: 54%

Section: Model Results On Adoption Of Sustainable Land Management Practices Choicessupporting

confidence: 53%

Determinants of adoption of sustainable land management practice choices among smallholder farmers in Abay Basin of Oromia, Ethiopia

Legesse¹,

Haji²,

Ketema³

et al. 2021

J. Dev. Agric. Econ.

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“…PES may work either in a country (Greiber 2009) or transboundary context (Tesfaye and Brouwer 2016). What makes PES successful is that, in any payment arrangement, those who pay are aware that they are paying for ES that are valuable to them or to their constituencies.…”

Section: Legal and Institutional Requirements For Payments For Ecosysmentioning

confidence: 99%

Investigation of the modalities for an innovative financing mechanism for participatory natural resource management in the Bale Eco-region, Ethiopia

Hagos¹,

Rooijen²,

Haileslassie³

et al. 2018

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The publications in this series record the work and thinking of IWMI researchers, and knowledge that the Institute's scientific management feels is worthy of documenting. This series will ensure that scientific data and other information gathered or prepared as a part of the research work of the Institute are recorded and referenced. Working Papers could include project reports, case studies, conference or workshop proceedings, discussion papers or reports on progress of research, country-specific research reports, monographs, etc. Working Papers may be copublished, by IWMI and partner organizations.Although most of the reports are published by IWMI staff and their collaborators, we welcome contributions from others. Each report is reviewed internally by IWMI staff. The reports are published and distributed both in hard copy and electronically (www.iwmi.org) and where possible all data and analyses will be available as separate downloadable files. Reports may be copied freely and cited with due acknowledgment. About IWMIIWMI's mission is to provide evidence-based solutions to sustainably manage water and land resources for food security, people's livelihoods and the environment. IWMI works in partnership with governments, civil society and the private sector to develop scalable agricultural water management solutions that have a tangible impact on poverty reduction, food security and ecosystem health.

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“…Mezgebo et al [30] assessed urban freshwater users' perception of watershed degradation and their WTP for upland degraded watershed management. Tesfaye et al [31] modeled the preferences and WTP of downstream farmers in Sudan, one of the largest irrigation schemes worldwide, for improved irrigation water supply through trans boundary collaboration with farmers upstream in Ethiopia. The importance of payment for watershed services (PWS) could be paramount, while little has been done so far in light of tapping PES in Ethiopia, even compared with other countries in Africa [12,31].…”

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confidence: 99%

Willingness to Pay for Watershed Management

et al. 2019

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Equitable payments for ecosystem services are emerging as a viable tool to protect and restore ecosystems. Unlike previous studies using contingent valuation approach in Ethiopia, this study is unique in its scope and target users. It explores the possibility of payment for watershed services as an economic tool in supporting and promoting sustainable land management and financing community-based watershed investments from electric users at a national level. We examine the sensitivity of users’ ability to generate funds for watershed services for sustainable watershed management through the raising of small amounts of money added onto a monthly electrical bill. Sampling frame covered four of the nine regional states of Ethiopia with more than 86% coverage dating back to 2014. A total of 501 urban and rural households and 100 organizations were interviewed over a five-year period from 2014–2019. We used a multistage sampling technique; we first selected cities, towns, and villages based on several data collection methodologies. The findings indicate that about 84% and 90% of households and organizations, respectively, showed their willingness to pay (WTP) additional fees for watershed management that could potentially reduce upland degradation and siltation. Specifically, more than half of the households and organizations and industries were willing to pay the surcharge for watershed management. Likewise, we developed a model estimation of results which verified the WTP amount, respectively. We concluded that funds generated from electric users play a possible role in contributing to the financing of watershed management efforts and could be taken as an important lesson for the watershed management continuum efforts Ethiopia-wide and in other countries.

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Exploring the scope for transboundary collaboration in the Blue Nile river basin: downstream willingness to pay for upstream land use changes to improve irrigation water supply

Cited by 10 publications

References 32 publications

Determinants of adoption of sustainable land management practice choices among smallholder farmers in Abay Basin of Oromia, Ethiopia

Determinants of adoption of sustainable land management practice choices among smallholder farmers in Abay Basin of Oromia, Ethiopia

Investigation of the modalities for an innovative financing mechanism for participatory natural resource management in the Bale Eco-region, Ethiopia

Willingness to Pay for Watershed Management

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