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Agricultural investment and productivity : building sustainability in East Africa / / edited by Randall A. Bluffstone and Gunnar Kohlin
| Agricultural investment and productivity : building sustainability in East Africa / / edited by Randall A. Bluffstone and Gunnar Kohlin |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : RFF Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.109676 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BluffstoneRandall <1960->
KohlinGunnar |
| Soggetto topico |
Agricultural productivity - Africa, East
Agriculture - Economic aspects - Africa, East Land use - Environmental aspects - Africa, East Sustainable agriculture - Africa, East |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-59001-8
9786613902467 1-936331-90-X 1-136-52186-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 Kenya
4. 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 8. 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464980203321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : RFF Press, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Agricultural investment and productivity : building sustainability in East Africa / / edited by Randall A. Bluffstone and Gunnar Kohlin
| Agricultural investment and productivity : building sustainability in East Africa / / edited by Randall A. Bluffstone and Gunnar Kohlin |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : RFF Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.109676 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BluffstoneRandall <1960->
KohlinGunnar |
| Soggetto topico |
Agricultural productivity - Africa, East
Agriculture - Economic aspects - Africa, East Land use - Environmental aspects - Africa, East Sustainable agriculture - Africa, East |
| ISBN |
1-136-52185-2
1-283-59001-8 9786613902467 1-936331-90-X 1-136-52186-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 Kenya
4. 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 8. 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792092703321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : RFF Press, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Agricultural investment and productivity : building sustainability in East Africa / / edited by Randall A. Bluffstone and Gunnar Kohlin
| Agricultural investment and productivity : building sustainability in East Africa / / edited by Randall A. Bluffstone and Gunnar Kohlin |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : RFF Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.109676 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BluffstoneRandall <1960->
KohlinGunnar |
| Soggetto topico |
Agricultural productivity - Africa, East
Agriculture - Economic aspects - Africa, East Land use - Environmental aspects - Africa, East Sustainable agriculture - Africa, East |
| ISBN |
1-136-52185-2
1-283-59001-8 9786613902467 1-936331-90-X 1-136-52186-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 Kenya
4. 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 8. 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807920103321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : RFF Press, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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