LEADER 04309oam 2200709I 450 001 9910464980203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-59001-8 010 $a9786613902467 010 $a1-936331-90-X 010 $a1-136-52186-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9781936331901 035 $a(CKB)2560000000093125 035 $a(EBL)1020262 035 $a(OCoLC)811504641 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000710971 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11450880 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000710971 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10672065 035 $a(PQKB)10842821 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1020262 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1020262 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10598652 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL390246 035 $a(OCoLC)810082603 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000093125 100 $a20180706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAgricultural investment and productivity $ebuilding sustainability in East Africa /$fedited by Randall A. Bluffstone and Gunnar Kohlin 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cRFF Press,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61726-091-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Kenya 327 $a4. 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 Investments 327 $a8. 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; Index 330 $aAgricultural 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 606 $aAgricultural productivity$zAfrica, East 606 $aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects$zAfrica, East 606 $aLand use$xEnvironmental aspects$zAfrica, East 606 $aSustainable agriculture$zAfrica, East 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAgricultural productivity 615 0$aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aLand use$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aSustainable agriculture 676 $a338.109676 701 $aBluffstone$b Randall$f1960-$0935832 701 $aKohlin$b Gunnar$0935833 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464980203321 996 $aAgricultural investment and productivity$92108192 997 $aUNINA