Farm-level benefits to investments for mitigating land degradation: empirical evidence from Ethiopia

By B. Shiferaw, Stein T. Holden. Environment and Development Economics, 2001

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Estimating returns to soil conservation adoption in the northern Ethiopian highlands (2008, methodology): “Shiferaw and Holden (2001) and Gebremedhin et al. (1999) used a cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the economic benefits of structural and biological conservation in different parts of the northern Ethiopian highlands.”
The Economics of Sustainable Land Management Practices in the Ethiopian Highlands (2010, unknown): “Although there is substantial evidence on the adoption and productivity impacts of soil and water conservation measures in Ethiopia (Gebremedhin et al., 1999; Shiferaw and Holden, 2001; Benin, 2006; Pender and Gebremedhin, 2007; Kassie et al., 2008), the evidence of adoption and productivity impacts”
Adoption and adaptation of natural resource management innovations in smallholder agriculture: reflections on key lessons and best practices (2009, background): “Unless subsidized, farmers with a positive discount rate may not be interested in such options (Shiferaw and Holden 2001).”
Non-farm income, household welfare, and sustainable land management in a less-favoured area in the Ethiopian highlands (2004, methodology): “Soil erosion rates were determined based on field experiments carried out by the in the study area (Shiferaw and Holden, 2001).”