Agricultural investment and productivity : building sustainability in East Africa
ed. by Randall A. Bluffstone and Gunnar Köhlin
| Year of publication: |
2011 ; 1. ed.
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| Other Persons: | Bluffstone, Randall Ames (contributor) ; Köhlin, Gunnar (contributor) |
| Institutions: | Resources for the Future, Inc. (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
Washington, DC [u.a.] : RFF Press |
| Subject: | Agrarboden | Agricultural soil | Landwirtschaftliche Entwicklung | Agricultural development | Investition | Investment | Produktivität | Productivity | Nachhaltige Entwicklung | Sustainable development | Ostafrika | East Africa |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] |
| Extent: | XIII, 208 S. graph. Darst., Kt. |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Type of publication (narrower categories): | Sammelwerk ; Collection of articles of several authors |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Enth. 10 Beitr. 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. |
| ISBN: | 1-61726-091-6 ; 978-1-61726-091-9 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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