Large‐scale land investments, household displacement, and the effect on land degradation in semiarid agro‐pastoral areas of Ethiopia

Bekele, Adugna Eneyew; Drábik, Dušan; Dries, Liesbeth; Heijman, Wim

doi:10.1002/ldr.3756

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“…In Ethiopia about 40% of agricultural land is already affected by land degradation resulting in decreased agricultural productivity [53]. In particular, the densely populated highlands of Ethiopia have been experiencing losses in soil fertility for the last three decades [44,50,54].…”

Section: Agricultural Productivitymentioning

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Challenges of Smallholder Farming in Ethiopia and Opportunities by Adopting Climate-Smart Agriculture

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Agriculture is the backbone of the Ethiopian economy, and the agricultural sector is dominated by smallholder farming systems. The farming systems are facing constraints such as small land size, lack of resources, and increasing degradation of soil quality that hamper sustainable crop production and food security. The effects of climate change (e.g., frequent occurrence of extreme weather events) exacerbate these problems. Applying appropriate technologies like climate-smart agriculture (CSA) can help to resolve the constraints of smallholder farming systems. This paper provides a comprehensive overview regarding opportunities and challenges of traditional and newly developed CSA practices in Ethiopia, such as integrated soil fertility management, water harvesting, and agroforestry. These practices are commonly related to drought resilience, stability of crop yields, carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas mitigation, and higher household income. However, the adoption of the practices by smallholder farmers is often limited, mainly due to shortage of cropland, land tenure issues, lack of adequate knowledge about CSA, slow return on investments, and insufficient policy and implementation schemes. It is suggested that additional measures be developed and made available to help CSA practices become more prevalent in smallholder farming systems. The measures should include the utilization of degraded and marginal lands, improvement of the soil organic matter management, provision of capacity-building opportunities and financial support, as well as the development of specific policies for smallholder farming.

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Section: Agricultural Productivitymentioning

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“…Experience from other sources indicated similar findings. Smallholders displaced due to LSAIs were forced to convert pastureland to farmland, reduce the stock size to cope with feed shortage, and this has negatively impacted livestock income ( Zaehringer et al., 2018a , Zaehringer et al., 2018b ; Mekuyie et al., 2018 ; Bekele et al., 2021 ). This implies LSAIs has contributed to de-accumulation of key livelihood assets, which the displaced households could count on at the time of shocks to meet their income need and other means of survival.…”

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Impact of land acquisition for large-scale agricultural investments on income and asset possession of displaced households in Ethiopia

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2021

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Displacement due to Large-Scale Agricultural Investments (LSAIs) is on the rise globally and in Africa. However, the impact of such displacement on the income and asset holding status of the displaced smallholders is not well explored. This study, therefore, empirically analyzed such impact taking Ethiopia as a case. A household survey covering different aspects of rural income sources and assets was collected from 255 displaced farmers and 266 non-displaced farmers in Adamitulu and Dugda districts. Propensity score matching technique (PSM) was applied to assess the impacts. The study findings indicated a significant reduction of income and assets among the displaced households. The mean annual income of the displaced households has declined by 72% (97,000 Ethiopian Birr (ETB)) compared to that of the income of the non-displaced households. Moreover, the livestock and productive assets holding of the displaced smallholders declined by 2.4 tropical livestock units (TLU) and 5219.6 ETB (69%) respectively compared to the non-displaced households. This implies displacement due to the LSAIs has worsened the income and asset condition of the displaced households in Ethiopia. Therefore, policymakers should put in place specific interventions to protect the income and asset holding of displaced smallholders. Empirical analysis of the impacts of LSAIs on livestock and productive asset possession of the displaced households is a key contribution of this study, and not well researched before.

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“…This result further indicates that as the degree of China's industrialization increases, the investment scale increases. Therefore, it is necessary to target a reasonable investment scale to adjust the ratio of investment to consumption in China (Bekele et al, 2020). The Gini coefficients are negatively correlated at a significant level of 1% in the eastern region, and positively correlated at a significant level of 5% in the northeastern region.…”

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Does the Equalization of Public Services Effect Regional Disparities in the Ratio of Investment to Consumption? Evidence From Provincial Level in China

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Insufficient equalization of public services and coexistence of high investment and low consumption are two major dilemmas facing the high-quality development of China’s economy. This study first evaluated the level of equalization of public services by provincial panel data from 2013 to 2017. Then econometric models were constructed to investigate the effect of the equalization of public services on the regional disparities in the ratio of investment to consumption (IC). Results show that the overall level of equalization of public services in China is low and there are large regional differences. Average values of the relative level of equalization of public services show an increasing trend in order of the eastern, central, northeastern, and western regions. The ratio of IC in China also exhibits large regional differences. Public education significantly negatively affects the IC in China, and the effects exist in the eastern and central regions. The seven evaluation criteria of equalization of public services in different regions have different effects on the ratio of investment to consumption. Therefore, according to the characteristics of the relationship between the equalization of public services and the ratio of investment to consumption at the whole or regional scales, a reasonable pathway should be selected to improve the current situation of high investment and low consumption and promote high-quality and sustainable development of the Chinese economy under the new normal.

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Large‐scale land investments, household displacement, and the effect on land degradation in semiarid agro‐pastoral areas of Ethiopia

Cited by 31 publications

References 56 publications

Challenges of Smallholder Farming in Ethiopia and Opportunities by Adopting Climate-Smart Agriculture

Challenges of Smallholder Farming in Ethiopia and Opportunities by Adopting Climate-Smart Agriculture

Impact of land acquisition for large-scale agricultural investments on income and asset possession of displaced households in Ethiopia

Does the Equalization of Public Services Effect Regional Disparities in the Ratio of Investment to Consumption? Evidence From Provincial Level in China

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