04342oam 2200721I 450 991079209270332120230725021509.01-136-52185-21-283-59001-897866139024671-936331-90-X1-136-52186-010.4324/9781936331901 (CKB)2560000000093125(EBL)1020262(OCoLC)811504641(SSID)ssj0000710971(PQKBManifestationID)11450880(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000710971(PQKBWorkID)10672065(PQKB)10842821(MiAaPQ)EBC1020262(Au-PeEL)EBL1020262(CaPaEBR)ebr10598652(CaONFJC)MIL390246(OCoLC)810082603(FINmELB)ELB135887(EXLCZ)99256000000009312520180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAgricultural investment and productivity building sustainability in East Africa /edited by Randall A. Bluffstone and Gunnar Kohlin1st ed.Washington, D.C. :RFF Press,2011.1 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61726-091-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Agricultural Investment and Productivity:Building Sustainability in East Africa; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1. Agricultural Production in East Africa: Stagnation, Investment, and Poverty; Part I: Determinants of Sustainable Land Management Investments; 2. Stimulating Smallholder Investments in Sustainable Land Management: Overcoming Market, Policy, and Institutional Challenges; 3. The Role of Social Capital in Sustainable Development: An Analysis of Soil Conservation in Rural Kenya4. Tenure Security and Incentives for Sustainable Land Management: A Case Study from KenyaPart II: The Effect of Risk on Investments; 5. Risk Preferences and Technology Adoption: Case Studies from the Ethiopian Highlands; 6. Fertilizer Use by Smallholder Households in Northern Ethiopia: Does Risk Aversion Matter?; 7. Crop Biodiversity and the Management of Production Risk on Degraded Lands: Some Evidence from the Highlands of Ethiopia; Part III: Returns to Sustainable Land Management Investments8. Where Does Investment on Sustainable Land Management Technology Work? Empirical Evidence from the Ethiopian Highlands9. Soil Conservation and Small-scale Food Production in Highland Ethiopia: A Stochastic Metafrontier Approach; Part IV: Public Policies and Sustainable Land Management Investments; 10. Policy Instruments to Reduce Downstream Externalities of Soil Erosion and Surface Runoff; 11. Incentives for Sustainable Land Management in East African Countries; 12. Conclusions and Key Lessons; IndexAgricultural 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 productionAgricultural productivityAfrica, EastAgricultureEconomic aspectsAfrica, EastLand useEnvironmental aspectsAfrica, EastSustainable agricultureAfrica, EastAgricultural productivityAgricultureEconomic aspectsLand useEnvironmental aspectsSustainable agriculture338.109676Bluffstone Randall1960-1471914Kohlin Gunnar1575016MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792092703321Agricultural investment and productivity3851687UNINA