Selection and Implementation of Restoration Interventions
Task 12: Case study – Restoring forests and food security in Ethiopia
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Case study – Restoring forests and food security in Ethiopia
Explore how the choice of restoration interventions in production systems served to enhance functionality, resilience, and food security in Ethiopia. This case study indicates that when communal area beneficiaries are institutionalized, and given the proper tools and incentives to restore their communal areas, the beneficiaries can effectively ensure their food security and sustain their livelihoods.
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Case study – Restoring forests and food security in Ethiopia
Agriculture in Ethiopia suffers from low productivity, primarily caused by land degradation and drought, which will become exacerbated in the face of climate change. Land degradation has been associated with high population pressure, deforestation, overgrazing, and unsustainable utilization of natural resources. The evaluation of ecosystem services was an important tool when considering the costs and benefits of different restorative interventions for achieving food security. In populated areas, the mosaic restoration of a mix of forests, farms, and villages is generally preferable. This was the case in Ethiopia. By restoring the Kanat communal forest lands, the benefit from the 13.26 hectares could increase from US$158 yr-1 (almost half the 2008 national per capita income) to US$ 1,022 yr-1 by 2025, when the trees in the restored area are expected to mature, and potentially all restoration outputs deliver maximum economic value.
Kumar, C., Begeladze, S., Calmon, M. &Saint-Laurent, C., (eds.). 2015. Enhancing Food Security through Forest Landscape Restoration: Lessons from Burkina Faso, Brazil, Guatemala, Viet Nam, Ghana, Ethiopia and Philippines. Available here.
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Selection and Implementation of Restoration Interventions
Task 12: Case study – Restoring forests and food security in Ethiopia
Start
Case study – Restoring forests and food security in Ethiopia
Explore how the choice of restoration interventions in production systems served to enhance functionality, resilience, and food security in Ethiopia. This case study indicates that when communal area beneficiaries are institutionalized, and given the proper tools and incentives to restore their communal areas, the beneficiaries can effectively ensure their food security and sustain their livelihoods.
See case study
Want more? Dive deeper into forest landscape restoration and its role in food security across several case studies.
Learn more
Close this task and proceed on your journey
Task complete
References
Section overview
Case study – Restoring forests and food security in Ethiopia
Agriculture in Ethiopia suffers from low productivity, primarily caused by land degradation and drought, which will become exacerbated in the face of climate change. Land degradation has been associated with high population pressure, deforestation, overgrazing, and unsustainable utilization of natural resources. The evaluation of ecosystem services was an important tool when considering the costs and benefits of different restorative interventions for achieving food security. In populated areas, the mosaic restoration of a mix of forests, farms, and villages is generally preferable. This was the case in Ethiopia. By restoring the Kanat communal forest lands, the benefit from the 13.26 hectares could increase from US$158 yr-1 (almost half the 2008 national per capita income) to US$ 1,022 yr-1 by 2025, when the trees in the restored area are expected to mature, and potentially all restoration outputs deliver maximum economic value.
Kumar, C., Begeladze, S., Calmon, M. &Saint-Laurent, C., (eds.). 2015. Enhancing Food Security through Forest Landscape Restoration: Lessons from Burkina Faso, Brazil, Guatemala, Viet Nam, Ghana, Ethiopia and Philippines. Available here.