Land tenure and soil conservation
Subtitle: evidence from Ethiopia
By: Tekie Alemu.
Series: Ekonomiska studier utgivna av Nationalekonomiska institutionen handelshögskolan vid Göteborgs universitet ;; 92; Ekonomiska studier utgivna av Nationalekonomiska institutionen vid Göteborgs universitet ;; 92.
Publisher: T. Almu
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Göteborg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
Subjects: Land use -- Environmental aspects -- Ethiopia.; Land tenure -- Ethiopia.; Soil conservation -- Ethiopia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-130).
Errata slip inserted.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: I.Introduction1; title: 1.1 General introduction1; title: 1.2 Objectives of the study4; title: 1.3 Outline of the thesis6; title: 1.4 Scope of the study8; title: 1.5 The data used in the study9 II.Agriculture, agricultural policy and land tenure in Ethiopia11; title: 2.1 A brief overview of the Ethiopian economy11; title: 2.2 Reasons for poor economic performance14; title: 2.2.1 Policy failures15; title: 2.2.2 A description of the institutional setup23; title: 2.2.2.1 Tenure insecurity during the Imperial era: pre 1974 period27; title: 2.2.2.2 The Derg and land tenure insecurity: 1974 - 199130; title: 2.2.2.3 The current land rights system and tenure insecurity33 III.Insecure land tenure regimes and soil conservation39; title: 3.1 Introduction39; title: 3.2 Theory and hypotheses41; title: 3.3 The data and basic descriptive statistics47; title: 3.4 Empirical Analysis53; title: 3.4.1 Econometric Specification53; title: 3.4.2 Results and discussion 55; title: 3.5 Summary62 IV.Farmers' willingness to pay for tenure security65; title: 4.1 Introduction65; title: 4.2 Modelling willingness to pay for institutional change69; title: 4.3 Data elicitation for valuation of security and description71; title: 4.4 Statistical specification, definition of variables and econometric results76; title: 4.4.1 Statistical specification76; title: 4.4.2 Definition of variables78; title: 4.4.3 Results and discussion80; title: 4.4.3.1 Factors affecting the probability of positive willingness to pay80; title: 4.4.3.2 Determinants of the amount of willingness to pay83; title: 4.5 Summary86 V.Returns from soil conservation89; title: 5.1 Introduction89; title: 5.2 The theoretical framework92; title: 5.3 Descriptive statistics99; title: 5.4 Methodology, results and discussion104; title: 5.5 Summary109 VI.Concluding remarks and policy implications111 References121; title: A ppendices131; title: Appendix 2.1 GDP and growth rates (Ethiopia, 1980/81-1996/97)132; title: Appendix 3.1 Characteristics of participants in soil conservation133; title: Appendix 3.2 Cultivation arrangements (all sexes)135; title: Appendix 3.3 Cultivation arrangements (by sex)136; title: Appendix 4.1 A households' model for valuing institutional change.137; title: Appendix 4.2 Questionnaire: willingness to pay for security140; title: Appendix 4.3 Some basic descriptive statistics141; title: Appendix 4.4 Descriptive statistics142; title: Appendix 4.5 Determinants of WTP: Tobit 2144; title: Appendix 5.1 Crop allocation (frequency and percentage)145; title: Appendix 5.2 Area of land allocated for various crops146; title: Appendix 6.1 Distribution of land among households 147.