Perspectives locales et globales pour la gestion des terres des régions montagneuses du Nord de l'Éthiopie

This article considers past and future of land management in Ethiopia, focusing on the northern part of the country. How did soils and forests change over the last century? How do these changes affect the means of subsistence of the population? At the end of the 19th century, there were already gull...

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Main Authors: Jan Nyssen, Amaury Frankl, Jean Poesen, Amanuel Zenebe, Jozef Deckers
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Language:fra
Published: Pôle de Recherche pour l'Organisation et la diffusion de l'Information Géographique 2015-04-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/14171
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description This article considers past and future of land management in Ethiopia, focusing on the northern part of the country. How did soils and forests change over the last century? How do these changes affect the means of subsistence of the population? At the end of the 19th century, there were already gullies in northern Ethiopia, although these had been stabilized around 1935. In the 1960s a reactivation of gullies has occurred. Since about 2000, erosion rates decrease again, in conjunction with an increase in conservation activities and improved vegetation cover. As a result, the total production of cereals in Ethiopia is now higher than ever, and production per capita for 2005-2010 rose by 60% as compared to 1985-1990. Currently there is an increase of exportations of flowers and vegetables, as well as a strong increase in the export of the mild narcotic khat, which requires large amounts of water for growing. International land transactions, which stagnate well below the initial objectives, have not brought improvement to the livelihood of local populations.
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spelling doaj-art-1f574557422244ba8ba42b16051a59d72025-01-30T12:44:20ZfraPôle de Recherche pour l'Organisation et la diffusion de l'Information GéographiqueEchoGéo1963-11972015-04-013110.4000/echogeo.14171Perspectives locales et globales pour la gestion des terres des régions montagneuses du Nord de l'ÉthiopieJan NyssenAmaury FranklJean PoesenAmanuel ZenebeJozef DeckersThis article considers past and future of land management in Ethiopia, focusing on the northern part of the country. How did soils and forests change over the last century? How do these changes affect the means of subsistence of the population? At the end of the 19th century, there were already gullies in northern Ethiopia, although these had been stabilized around 1935. In the 1960s a reactivation of gullies has occurred. Since about 2000, erosion rates decrease again, in conjunction with an increase in conservation activities and improved vegetation cover. As a result, the total production of cereals in Ethiopia is now higher than ever, and production per capita for 2005-2010 rose by 60% as compared to 1985-1990. Currently there is an increase of exportations of flowers and vegetables, as well as a strong increase in the export of the mild narcotic khat, which requires large amounts of water for growing. International land transactions, which stagnate well below the initial objectives, have not brought improvement to the livelihood of local populations.https://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/14171soil erosioninternational land transactionscereal productionland degradation
spellingShingle Jan Nyssen
Amaury Frankl
Jean Poesen
Amanuel Zenebe
Jozef Deckers
Perspectives locales et globales pour la gestion des terres des régions montagneuses du Nord de l'Éthiopie
EchoGéo
soil erosion
international land transactions
cereal production
land degradation
title Perspectives locales et globales pour la gestion des terres des régions montagneuses du Nord de l'Éthiopie
title_full Perspectives locales et globales pour la gestion des terres des régions montagneuses du Nord de l'Éthiopie
title_fullStr Perspectives locales et globales pour la gestion des terres des régions montagneuses du Nord de l'Éthiopie
title_full_unstemmed Perspectives locales et globales pour la gestion des terres des régions montagneuses du Nord de l'Éthiopie
title_short Perspectives locales et globales pour la gestion des terres des régions montagneuses du Nord de l'Éthiopie
title_sort perspectives locales et globales pour la gestion des terres des regions montagneuses du nord de l ethiopie
topic soil erosion
international land transactions
cereal production
land degradation
url https://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/14171
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