The policy option with the largest potential economic benefits appears to be increasing allocation of wastelands for private tree planting. This option could increase average household income and wealth substantially, and offers large potential direct benefits to landless and land poor households who could be priority recipients of such land. The ecological risks are limited and the potential ecological benefits are large since this option would be implemented in degraded areas. This and other options could help make eucalyptus growing an important pathway of development in northern Ethiopia. Download full-text discussion paper .
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