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  Land fragmentation, climate change adaptation, and food security in the Gamo Highlands of Ethiopia

Cholo, T. C., Fleskens, L., Sietz, D., Peerlings, J. (2019): Land fragmentation, climate change adaptation, and food security in the Gamo Highlands of Ethiopia. - Agricultural Economics, 50, 1, 39-49.
https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12464

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Cholo, T. C.1, Author
Fleskens, L.1, Author
Sietz, Diana2, Author              
Peerlings, J.1, Author
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 Abstract: Household food security among smallholder farmers is sensitive to a variable and changing climate, requiring farmers in the Gamo Highlands of Ethiopia to adopt new land management practices to improve food security. Agricultural land in the Gamo Highlands is highly fragmented. The extent to which land fragmentation (LF) moderates the food security effects of sustainable land management (SLM) practices is unknown. This study used probit and Poisson models to explain this relationship. The study found that food insecurity was severe during the food shortfall season. LF provides more potential opportunities for improving food security than challenges. Furthermore, SLM practices had both positive and negative effects on food security and their effects were conditioned by the magnitude of LF. Reducing severe LF through the assembly of small parcels into larger heterogeneous plot clusters could enhance food security by exploiting synergies between adaptation practices and LF.

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 Dates: 2019
 Publication Status: Finally published
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1111/agec.12464
PIKDOMAIN: RD1 - Earth System Analysis
eDoc: 8228
Research topic keyword: Economics
Research topic keyword: Food & Agriculture
Research topic keyword: Land use
Research topic keyword: Policy Advice
Research topic keyword: Adaptation
Regional keyword: Africa
Organisational keyword: RD1 - Earth System Analysis
Working Group: Ecosystems in Transition
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Title: Agricultural Economics
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 50 (1) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 39 - 49 Identifier: Other: 1574-0862
ISSN: 0169-5150
Other: Wiley-Blackwell - SSH
CoNE: https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/cone/journals/resource/agricultural-economics