Community participatory sustainable land management byelaw formulation in the highlands of central Ethiopia

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العنوان: Community participatory sustainable land management byelaw formulation in the highlands of central Ethiopia
المؤلفون: Yirga, C, Waithaka, M, Kyotalimye, M, Gorfu, B
المصدر: African Crop Science Journal; Vol 22, No 1 (2014); 9-20
بيانات النشر: African Crop Science Society (Uganda), 2014.
سنة النشر: 2014
مصطلحات موضوعية: Innovation platforms, policy reform
الوصف: Widespread adoption of sustainable land management (SLM) innovations by land users is considered key in addressing the rampant land degradation in the high rainfall and densely populated highlands of eastern and southern Africa. However, absence of enabling policy environments hamperes massive adoption of SLM innovations among rural communities. This paper presents the process and outcomes of a participatory approach for formulating and implementing SLM byelaws in the central highlands of Ethiopia. The participatory approach utilised three complementary tools, namely, stakeholder analysis, community needs assessment and policy dialogues. The stakeholder analysis revealed that several government institutions, non-government organisations (NOGs) and community groups promote SLM practices. Poor coordination among actors, top-down approach in planning and implementation, and limited capacity of communities hamperes SLM scaling up efforts. Stakeholder engagements culminates in establishing innovation platforms (IPs) at district and watershed levels tasked with coordinating SLM scaling up efforts. While the community needs assessment identified and prioritised SLM issues that needed to be resolved, the policy dialogue engaging IPs formulated three SLM byelaws and mechanisms for implementation.Key Words: Innovation platforms, policy reform
وصف الملف: application/pdf
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1021-9730
2072-6589
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=78975075580c::35911c337c814b4cb4a8729a327fedbc
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/acsj/article/view/101368
حقوق: OPEN
رقم الأكسشن: edsair.78975075580c..35911c337c814b4cb4a8729a327fedbc
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE