Humanitarian Demining and Sustainable Land Management in Post-Conflict Settings in Sri Lanka: Literature Review

Gunawardana, Harshi; Tantrigoda, Dammika A; Kumara, U. Anura

doi:10.5539/jms.v6n3p79

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“…Tab.-8 Short-term returns are significantly higher than the maintenance cost of SLM (Jendoubi et al, 2015) also showed the same findings. Moreover, farmers also knew that diversity of sources also increased because of SLM and that was beneficial for them both in the short run and long run (Gunawardana, Tantrigoda, & Kumara, 2016).…”

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“…Moreover, the return is expected to be yielded after a longer period of time so farmers cannot wait that long to fulfill their needs. In addition, farmers may not have enough capital for SLM so they need external loans from lending institutions, which means that cost of borrowing is also incurred (Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir, Herban, Petursdottir, & Finger, 2017).…”

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Economic Viability of Sustainable Land Management: Are Local Farmers Aware About the Costs and Benefits?

2019

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The sustainable land management (SLM) is the important parameter to efficiently manage the farm-related practices in order to get the maximum benefits. The economic viability of SLM elucidated the efficient cost/benefit analysis that was the dire need. All around the globe, the practice of sustainable land management is being executed for different purposes such as rehabilitating dry areas, minimizing the effect of degradation and also saving and maintaining the sustainability of natural resources. The purpose of this study is to identify the costs of SLM, to analyze the benefits of SLM and then to compare both of them with each other to recognize its economic viability. The quantitative methods are acquired with the help of a questionnaire; data is collected from the people of Mali. The quantification of the data revealed the considerable experience as well engagement of people in SLM by well knowing its costs and benefits to sake more profit. The rented land farmers were more enthusiastic in applying SLM than landowners. Although the cost of farming practice was increased aggregate of farming outputs increased more proportionally than farming cost. The overall advantages of increased income diversity, economic disparities, long-term returns, short-term returns and farm management as well the decrease in farm workload were found. The aggregate findings will help the farmers to increase their profits and productivity. The empirical evidence will also help the government to put SLM into practice and another researcher to further figure out the problems by keeping this study as a reference.

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Economic Viability of Sustainable Land Management: Are Local Farmers Aware About the Costs and Benefits?

2019

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“…Also, the return is expected to be yielded after a longer period of time so farmers cannot wait that long to fulfill their needs. In addition, farmers may not have enough capital for SLM so they need external loans from lending institutions, which means that cost of borrowing is also incurred (Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir, Herban, Petursdottir, & Finger, 2017).…”

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Sustainable Land Management in Mali: An Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Its Economic Viability

2019

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A study is conducted to investigate the economic viability of sustainable land management (SLM). All around the globe, the practice of sustainable land management is being executed for different purposes such as rehabilitating dry areas, minimizing the effect of degradation and also saving and maintaining the sustainability of natural resources. The purpose of this research paper is to identify the costs of SLM, to analyze the benefits of SLM and then to compare both of them with each other to recognize its economic viability. The quantitative method is used in this study and by the help of questionnaire, data is collected from the people of Mali. Then that data is quantified later on with research instruments. The results of the study are according to the research objectives of the study and has revealed that the sample is aware about the costs and benefits of the SLM. The implications of this study are that it helps the farmers to increase their profits and productivity and as well as has increased both the literature review and empirical evidence for the researchers and has also helped the government to put SLM into practice.

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“…Accordingly, it has been proven that the clearing of mine contaminated areas with a high priority [7] has a significant impact on the standard of living ( [3], [5], [6]). Furthermore, priority setting increases sustainability of humanitarian demining, emphasizing not only economical aspect but also social and ecological aspects ( [9], [10]). During the last 20 years, MCA/MCDM methods have been used intensively in the management of mine action projects: from complete decision support systems ( [1], [15], [20], [22], [23]) to the application of various MCDM methods ( [4], [27]).…”

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A simplified approach to the PROMETHEE method for priority setting in management of mine action projects

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2016

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Abstract. In the last 20 years, priority setting in mine actions, i.e. in humanitarian demining, has become an increasingly important topic. Given that mine action projects require management and decision-making based on a multi-criteria approach, multicriteria decision-making methods like PROMETHEE and AHP have been used worldwide for priority setting. However, from the aspect of mine action, where stakeholders in the decision-making process for priority setting are project managers, local politicians, leaders of different humanitarian organizations, or similar, applying these methods can be difficult. Therefore, a specialized web-based decision support system (Web DSS) for priority setting, developed as part of the FP7 project TIRAMISU, has been extended using a module for developing custom priority setting scenarios in line with an exceptionally easy, userfriendly approach. The idea behind this research is to simplify the multi-criteria analysis based on the PROMETHEE method. Therefore, a simplified PROMETHEE method based on statistical analysis for automated suggestions of parameters such as preference function thresholds, interactive selection of criteria weights, and easy input of criteria evaluations is presented in this paper. The result is web-based DSS that can be applied worldwide for priority setting in mine action. Additionally, the management of mine action projects is supported using modules for providing spatial data based on the geographic information system (GIS). In this paper, the benefits and limitations of a simplified PROMETHEE method are presented using a case study involving mine action projects, and subsequently, certain proposals are given for the further research.

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Humanitarian Demining and Sustainable Land Management in Post-Conflict Settings in Sri Lanka: Literature Review

Cited by 5 publications

References 13 publications

Economic Viability of Sustainable Land Management: Are Local Farmers Aware About the Costs and Benefits?

Economic Viability of Sustainable Land Management: Are Local Farmers Aware About the Costs and Benefits?

Sustainable Land Management in Mali: An Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Its Economic Viability

A simplified approach to the PROMETHEE method for priority setting in management of mine action projects

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