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Ephraim Nkonya, Auteur ; Joachim von Braun, Auteur ; Alisher Mirzabaev, Auteur ; Quang Bao Le, Auteur ; Ho-Young Kwon, Auteur ; Oliver Kirui, Auteur | [S.l.] : Springer, Cham | 2016The Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) initiative seeks to develop a science basis for policy actions to address land degradation. The purpose of this chapter is to provide with a conceptual framework and sound and feasible methodological stand[...]
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Samba Sow, Auteur ; Ephraim Nkonya, Auteur ; Stefan Meyer, Auteur ; Edward Kato, Auteur | [S.l.] : Springer, Cham | 2016Senegal is facing a major land degradation challenge that poses threat to livelihoods of the rural poor. This study was done to inform policy makers on the cost of inaction and the costs and benefits of taking action against land degradation. Th[...]
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Mariana E. Bouza, Auteur ; Adriana Aranda-Rickert, Auteur ; María Magdalena Brizuela, Auteur ; Marcelo G. Wilson, Auteur ; Maria Carolina Sasal, Auteur ; Silvana M. J. Sione, Auteur ; Stella Beghetto, Auteur ; Emmanuel A. Gabioud, Auteur ; José D. Oszust, Auteur ; Donaldo E. Bran, Auteur ; Virginia Velazco, Auteur ; Juan J. Gaitan, Auteur ; Juan C. Silenzi, Auteur ; Nora E. Echeverría, Auteur ; Martín P. De Lucia, Auteur ; Daniel E. Iurman, Auteur ; Juan I. Vanzolini, Auteur ; Federico J. Castoldi, Auteur ; Joaquin Etorena Hormaeche, Auteur ; Timothy Johnson, Auteur ; Stefan Meyer, Auteur ; Ephraim Nkonya, Auteur | [S.l.] : Springer, Cham | 2016Argentina is one of the countries with a vibrant agricultural sector, which provides both economic development opportunities and environmental challenges. Argentina was selected as a case study due to its rich land degradation data, its diverse [...]
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Ephraim Nkonya, Auteur ; Raghavan Srinivasan, Auteur ; Weston Anderson, Auteur ; Edward Kato, Auteur | [S.l.] : Springer, Cham | 2016This study was conducted with the objective of determining the returns to sustainable land management (SLM) at the national level in Bhutan. The study first uses satellite data on land change (Landsat) to examine land use change in 1990–2010 and[...]
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Ephraim Nkonya, Auteur ; Alisher Mirzabaev, Auteur ; Joachim von Braun, Auteur | Cham : Springer International Publishing | 2016This volume deals with land degradation, which is occurring in almost all terrestrial biomes and agro-ecologies, in both low and high income countries and is stretching to about 30% of the total global land area. About three billion people resid[...]
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Ephraim Nkonya, Auteur ; Alisher Mirzabaev, Auteur ; Joachim von Braun, Auteur | [S.l.] : Springer, Cham | 2016Land degradation is occurring in almost all terrestrial biomes and agro-ecologies, in both low and high income countries. However its impact is especially severe on the livelihoods of the poor who heavily depend on natural resources. Despite the[...]
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Bokar Moussa, Auteur ; Ephraim Nkonya, Auteur ; Stefan Meyer, Auteur ; Edward Kato, Auteur ; Timothy Johnson, Auteur ; James Hawkins, Auteur | [S.l.] : Springer, Cham | 2016Niger’s colonial and post-independence natural resource management policies contributed to land degradation. The country also experienced a prolonged drought that amplified the suffering of the people who are heavily dependent on natural resourc[...]
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Ephraim Nkonya, Auteur ; Timothy Johnson, Auteur ; Ho Young Kwon, Auteur ; Edward Kato, Auteur | [S.l.] : Springer, Cham | 2016Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has experienced the most severe land degradation in the world. Given that livelihoods of the majority of the rural poor heavily depend on natural resources, countries in the region have designed a number of policies and [...]
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Ephraim Nkonya, Auteur ; Weston Anderson, Auteur ; Edward Kato, Auteur ; Jawoo Koo, Auteur ; Alisher Mirzabaev, Auteur ; Joachim von Braun, Auteur ; Stefan Meyer, Auteur | [S.l.] : Springer, Cham | 2016Land degradation—defined by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment report as the long-term loss of ecosystems services—is a global problem, negatively affecting the livelihoods and food security of billions of people. Intensifying efforts, mobilizi[...]
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Alisher Mirzabaev, Auteur ; Ephraim Nkonya, Auteur ; Jann Goedecke, Auteur ; Timothy Johnson, Auteur ; Weston Anderson, Auteur | [S.l.] : Springer, Cham | 2016Identification of factors catalyzing sustainable land management (SLM) could provide insights for national policies and international efforts to address land degradation. Building on previous studies, and using novel datasets, this chapter ident[...]
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Ho-Young Kwon, Auteur ; Ephraim Nkonya, Auteur ; Timothy Johnson, Auteur ; Valerie Graw, Auteur ; Edward Kato, Auteur ; Evelyn Kihiu, Auteur | [S.l.] : Springer, Cham | 2016In response to the needs for estimating the cost of grassland degradation to determine the cost of inaction and for identifying cost-effective strategies to address the consequent loss of livestock productivity, we developed a modeling framework[...]
