World Bank2012-06-132012-06-132007-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7938An extensive review of literature on the determinants of adoption and impacts of land management technologies in the Ethiopian highlands was undertaken to guide policy makers and development agencies in crafting programs and policies that can better and more effectively address land degradation in Ethiopia. Several generalizations emerge from the review: 1) the profitability of land management technologies is a very important factor influencing technology adoption. In many cases it is a threshold consideration; 2) land tenure insecurity and limited transfer rights undermine land management investments; 3) the impacts of household endowments on technology adoption are mixed; and 4) the impacts of credit on input use are positive where input use is profitable and not too risky; in other cases credit is not a binding constraint, because farmers ration their use of credit to avoid risk. Further research on the adoption and impacts of land management practices is needed to build on this understanding of what works, and where. Based on this review, as well as the findings from two companion papers and stakeholder workshops, it appears that research in different biophysical and socioeconomic domains to assess the off-site as well as on-site costs and benefits of alternative land management approaches will be particularly useful in supporting efforts to scale up successful sustainable land management practices in Ethiopia.CC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSAGRICULTURAL ECONOMISTSAGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHAGRICULTURAL SCIENCESAGRICULTURAL STRATEGIESAGRICULTUREAGROFORESTRYAGRONOMYALLUVIAL SOILSAQUIFERSAVERAGE PRODUCTIVITYBARLEYBENEFIT ANALYSISBIOMASSCARBONCEREALSCHEMICAL FERTILIZERCHEMICAL FERTILIZERSCHICKPEASCLIMATECOFFEECOMPOSTCROPCROP AREACROP FAILURECROP PRODUCTIONCROP PRODUCTIVITYCROP PRODUCTSCROP RESIDUESCROP SCIENCECROP YIELDSCROPLANDCROPSCULTIVATED LANDDEFORESTATIONDISCOUNT RATESDRYLAND AGRICULTUREDUNGECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC IMPACTECONOMIC VALUEECONOMISTSEMPIRICAL EVIDENCEENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICSENVIRONMENTAL POLICYENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCESENVIRONMENTSEXTENSION SERVICESFABA BEANSFALLOWINGFAOFARMFARM ACTIVITIESFARM ECONOMYFARM HOUSEHOLDSFARM INCOMEFARM MANAGEMENTFARM OPPORTUNITIESFARM PROFITABILITYFARM SIZEFARMERFARMERSFARMINGFARMING PRACTICESFARMING SYSTEMFARMSFEEDFERTILIZERFERTILIZER COSTFERTILIZER USEFIELD CROPSFOOD INSECURITYFOOD POLICYFOOD POLICY RESEARCHFOOD SECURITYFORESTRYGENDERGRAINGRAIN MARKETGRAZINGGROUNDWATERHUSBANDRYIFPRIIMPACT ON YIELDINCOMESINNOVATIONINPUT USEINTERCROPPINGINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTELAND DEGRADATIONLAND ECONOMICSLAND MANAGEMENTLAND PRODUCTIVITYLAND REFORMLEGUMESLENTILSLIVELIHOODSLIVESTOCKLIVESTOCK FARMINGMAIZEMARGINAL COSTMARKET EFFICIENCYMILLETNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTNATURAL RESOURCESNATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENTNEW TECHNOLOGIESOATSOPPORTUNITY COSTSPARTICIPATORY WATERSHED DEVELOPMENTPEASPERENNIAL CROPSPLANTINGPLOWINGPOLICY INSTRUMENTSPOLICY MAKERSPOPULATION GROWTHPRESENT VALUEPRIVATE PROPERTYPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGYPROPERTY RIGHTSRESOURCE MANAGEMENTROOT CROPSRURAL DEVELOPMENTSEEDSHARECROPPINGSOIL CONSERVATIONSOIL EROSIONSOIL PRODUCTIVITYSOILSSORGHUMSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODSSWEET POTATOESTAROTERRACINGTILLAGETRADEOFFSTRANSACTION COSTSTREE CROPSTREESVEGETATIONWHEATWILLINGNESS TO PAYYAMSYIELDSWorld Bank10.1596/7938