Agricultural investment and productivity

Public ISBD Titre : Agricultural investment and productivity : building sustainability in East Africa Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Randall A. Bluffstone (1960-....), Editeur scientifique ; Gunnar Köhlin, Editeur scientifique Mention d'édition : 1ère éd Editeur : RFF Press Année de publication : 2011 Collection : Resources for the Future num. 2017 Importance : xiii-208 p Présentation : ill., carte, couv. ill Format : 24 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-61726-091-9 Note générale : Réf. bibliogr. Index Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Agriculture -- Aspect économique -- Afrique orientale ; Agriculture -- Productivité — Afrique orientale ; Agriculture durable -- Afrique orientale ; Sol, Utilisation du -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Afrique orientale Index. décimale : 338.109676 Résumé : Agricultural Investment and Productivity provides a deep and systematic look at the opportunities for and constraints to investments in sustainable agriculture in East Africa, offering important insights into what works and how to analyze agricultural investments in one of the poorest regions of the world. The book critically examines the reasons behind East Africa's stagnant agricultural productivity over the past forty-five years, using the primary lens of investments in fertilizers, seeds, and sustainable land management technologies. These investments have a tremendous impact on production volume, ultimately affecting the income of millions of families throughout the region. Note de contenu : Agricultural production in East Africa : stagnation, investment, and poverty / Randall A. Bluffstone and Gunnar Köhlin -- Determinants of sustainable land management investments -- Stimulating smallholder investments in sustainable land management : overcoming market, policy, and institutional challenges / Bekele Shiferaw and Julius Okello -- The role of social capital in sustainable development : an analysis of soil conservation in rural Kenya / Wilfred Nyangena -- Tenure security and incentives for sustainable land management : a case study from Kenya / Jane Kabubo-Mariara and Vincent Linderhof -- The effect of risk on investments -- Risk preferences and technology adoption : case studies from Ethiopian highlands / Mahmud Yesuf and Hailemariam Teklewold -- Fertilizer use by smallholder households in northern Ethiopia : does risk aversion matter? / Fitsum Hagos and Stein Holden -- Crop biodiversity and the management of production risk on degraded lands : some evidence from the highlands of Ethiopia / Salvatore di Falco and Jean-Paul Chavas -- Returns to sustainable land management investments -- Where does investment on sustainable land management technology work? : empirical evidence from the Ethiopian highlands / Menale Kassie -- Soil conservation and small scale food production in highland Ethiopia : a stochastic metafrontier approach / Haileselassie Medhin and Gunnar Köhlin -- Public policies and sustainable land management investments -- Policy instruments to reduce downstream externalities of soil erosion and surface run-off / Anders Ekbom -- Incentives for sustainable land management in East African countries / Berhanu Gebremedhin -- Conclusions and key lessons / Randall A. Bluffstone and Gunnar Köhlin. Agricultural investment and productivity : building sustainability in East Africa [texte imprimé] / Randall A. Bluffstone (1960-....), Editeur scientifique ; Gunnar Köhlin, Editeur scientifique  . -  1ère éd . - [S.l.] : RFF Press, 2011 . - xiii-208 p : ill., carte, couv. ill ; 24 cm. - (Resources for the Future; 2017) . ISBN : 978-1-61726-091-9 Réf. bibliogr. Index Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Agriculture -- Aspect économique -- Afrique orientale ; Agriculture -- Productivité — Afrique orientale ; Agriculture durable -- Afrique orientale ; Sol, Utilisation du -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Afrique orientale Index. décimale : 338.109676 Résumé : Agricultural Investment and Productivity provides a deep and systematic look at the opportunities for and constraints to investments in sustainable agriculture in East Africa, offering important insights into what works and how to analyze agricultural investments in one of the poorest regions of the world. The book critically examines the reasons behind East Africa's stagnant agricultural productivity over the past forty-five years, using the primary lens of investments in fertilizers, seeds, and sustainable land management technologies. These investments have a tremendous impact on production volume, ultimately affecting the income of millions of families throughout the region. Note de contenu : Agricultural production in East Africa : stagnation, investment, and poverty / Randall A. Bluffstone and Gunnar Köhlin -- Determinants of sustainable land management investments -- Stimulating smallholder investments in sustainable land management : overcoming market, policy, and institutional challenges / Bekele Shiferaw and Julius Okello -- The role of social capital in sustainable development : an analysis of soil conservation in rural Kenya / Wilfred Nyangena -- Tenure security and incentives for sustainable land management : a case study from Kenya / Jane Kabubo-Mariara and Vincent Linderhof -- The effect of risk on investments -- Risk preferences and technology adoption : case studies from Ethiopian highlands / Mahmud Yesuf and Hailemariam Teklewold -- Fertilizer use by smallholder households in northern Ethiopia : does risk aversion matter? / Fitsum Hagos and Stein Holden -- Crop biodiversity and the management of production risk on degraded lands : some evidence from the highlands of Ethiopia / Salvatore di Falco and Jean-Paul Chavas -- Returns to sustainable land management investments -- Where does investment on sustainable land management technology work? : empirical evidence from the Ethiopian highlands / Menale Kassie -- Soil conservation and small scale food production in highland Ethiopia : a stochastic metafrontier approach / Haileselassie Medhin and Gunnar Köhlin -- Public policies and sustainable land management investments -- Policy instruments to reduce downstream externalities of soil erosion and surface run-off / Anders Ekbom -- Incentives for sustainable land management in East African countries / Berhanu Gebremedhin -- Conclusions and key lessons / Randall A. Bluffstone and Gunnar Köhlin.

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