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PIMEA-ETHIOPIA
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Policies for sustainable land management in the east African highlands
A) Project setting
1) What was the background and motivation of the project?
The project built upon and complemented research by IFPRI, ILRI, and Mekelle
University (MU) in 1997 on 'Policies for Sustainable Land Management in the East
African Highlands'. This project aimed to help policymakers in the East African
Highlands region identify and implement policies to contribute to improved land
management, in order to increase agricultural productivity, reduce poverty and
ensure sustainable use of natural resources.
The new phase of the project focused on the sustainability of land management
practices in more detail in communities and households already surveyed; and to
develop bio-economic models of additional household and community situations
that could not be included in the first phase of the work. This phase was led by
IFPRI and Wageningen University Research centre (Wageningen UR), in collaboration
with ILRI, MU, and other Ethiopian collaborators. Additionally IFPRI conducted a
study to assess market development in the Ethiopian highlands and its relationship to
development and land management.
2) What was the institutional context (partners with which cooperated?)
The project was funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS) and in part by the
Ministry if Agriculture and Nature Management (LNV). LNV co-funded the agro-
ecological work packages of the project. The research partners were IFPRI, Mekelle
University and Wageningen University and Research. Within Wageningen UR, resear-
chers from Alterra, PRI and LEI collaborated with the Department of Development
Economics.
B) Project objectives
1) What were the initial project objectives?
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To identify the key factors influencing land management in the Ethiopian
highlands and their implications for agricultural productivity, sustainability and
poverty;
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Questionnaire received 2006, revised May 2007; Project leaders M. Mosugu (Alterra) and
G. Meijerink (LEI)
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