@article{Shiferaw:174411,
      recid = {174411},
      author = {Shiferaw, Bekele and Holden, Stein T.},
      title = {Resource degradation and adoption of land conservation  technologies 1n the Ethiopian Highlands: A case study in  Andit Tid, North Shewa},
      journal = {Agricultural Economics: The Journal of the International  Association of Agricultural Economists},
      address = {1998-05},
      number = {968-2016-75882},
      pages = {16},
      year = {1998},
      abstract = {This paper reports results from a study of resource  degradation and conservation behavior of peasant households  in a degraded
part of the Ethiopian highlands. Peasant  households' choice of conservation technologies is modeled  as a two-stage process:
recognition of the erosion problem,  and adoption and level of use of control practices. An  ordinal logit model is used to
explain parcel-level  perception of the threat of the erosion problem and the  extent of use of conservation practices. Results
show the  importance of perception of the threat of soil erosion,  household, land and farm characteristics; perception  of
technology-specific attributes, and land quality  differentials in shaping conservation decisions of  peasants. Furthermore, where
poverty is widespread and  appropriate support policies are lacking, results indicate  that population pressure per se is unable to
encourage  sustainable land use. The challenge of breaking the  poverty-environment trap and initiating  sustainable
intensification thus require policy incentives  and technologies that confer short-term benefits to the  poor while conserving the
resource base. © 1998 Elsevier  Science B.V. All rights reserved.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/174411},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.174411},
}