Factors that influence the implementation of sustainable land management practices by rural households in Tigrai region, Ethiopia  

作　　者：Haftu Etsay Teklay Negash Metkel Aregay 

机构地区：[1]Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics,College of Drylands Agriculture and Natural Resources,Mekelle University,Mekelle,Ethiopi

出　　处：《Ecological Processes》2019年第1期183-198,共16页生态过程（英文）

摘　　要：Background:Sustainable land management is considered as one of the useful approaches to combat the threat of various forms of land degradation in Ethiopia.Despite this,there is scant information regarding households’decision towards the implementation of sustainable land management practices.This paper,therefore,looks into the determinants for the continued use and choice of the sustainable land management practices by smallholder farmers and its productivity effect in three randomly chosen districts in Tigrai region,Ethiopia.The study uses data from household survey and key informant interviews.The paper employs a binary logit to analyze the determinants for the decision of continued use of sustainable land management practices,and a multivariate probit to analyze the simultaneous adoption decision of sustainable land management practices using cross sectional data collected from 230 randomly selected households.The impact of sustainable land management practices was also evaluated using propensity score matching.Results:Farming techniques,wealth status,agro-ecological variations,and plot level characteristics were found to be associated with the implementation decision of sustainable land management practices by rural households.Besides,institutional supports and access to basic infrastructures influenced the overall continued use of sustainable land management practices and the preference of households toward these practices.The study also finds that the value of crop production of sustainable land management users was on average 77–100%higher than that of nonusers.Conclusions:The results of the current study confirm that the implementation of various sustainable land management practices are influenced by farming technologies deployed by rural households,agro-ecological variations,plot characteristics,and institutional supports.The findings also affirm that most of the sustainable land management practices are complementary to one another,and implementing two or more sustainable land management practices

关 键 词：Continued use Determinants Plot level Productivity effect Sustainable land management practice Tigrai 

分 类 号：S15[农业科学—土壤学]