Changing agricultural landscapes in Ethiopia: examining application of adaptive management approach

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dc.creatorHaileslassie, Amare
dc.creatorMekuria, Wolde
dc.creatorSchmitter, Petra S.
dc.creatorUhlenbrook, Stefan
dc.creatorLudi, Eva
dc.date2020-10-28
dc.date2020-10-29T09:51:19Z
dc.date2020-10-29T09:51:19Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:37:52Z
dc.descriptionEthiopia has decades of experience in implementing land and water management interventions. The overarching objectives of this review were to synthesize evidences on the impact of implementation of land and water management practices on agricultural landscapes in Ethiopia and to evaluate the use of adaptive management (AM) approaches as a tool to manage uncertainties. We explored how elements of the structures and functions of landscapes have been transformed, and how the components of AM, such as structured decision-making and learning processes, have been applied. Despite numerous environmental and economic benefits of land and water management interventions in Ethiopia, this review revealed gaps in AM approaches. These include: (i) inadequate evidence-based contextualization of interventions, (ii) lack of monitoring of bio-physical and socioeconomic processes and changes post implementation, (iii) lack of trade-off analyses, and (iv) inadequacy of local community engagement and provision of feedback. Given the many uncertainties we must deal with, future investment in AM approaches tailored to the needs and context would help to achieve the goals of sustainable agricultural landscape transformation. The success depends, among other things, on the ability to learn from the knowledge generated and apply the learning as implementation evolves.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/110011
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/161251
dc.languageen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceHaileslassie, Amare; Mekuria, Wolde; Schmitter, Petra; Uhlenbrook, Stefan; Ludi, Eva. 2020. Changing agricultural landscapes in Ethiopia: examining application of adaptive management approach. Sustainability, 12(21):8939. [doi: 10.3390/su12218939]
dc.subjectagricultural landscape
dc.subjectland management
dc.subjectwater management
dc.subjectecosystem services
dc.subjectland use
dc.subjectland cover
dc.subjectland degradation
dc.subjectland restoration
dc.subjectexclosures
dc.subjectfarmland
dc.subjectsoil conservation
dc.subjectwater conservation
dc.subjectwater harvesting
dc.subjectcarbon sequestration
dc.subjectbiodiversity
dc.subjectlivelihoods
dc.subjectdecision making
dc.subjectindicators
dc.subjectforeign investment
dc.subjectsocioeconomic aspects
dc.titleChanging agricultural landscapes in Ethiopia: examining application of adaptive management approach
dc.typeJournal Article

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