Impact of soil and water conservation practices on crop income in tembaro district, southern Ethiopia

Tesfayohannes, Seyfu; Kassa, Getahun; Mulat, Yared

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10126

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“…The transformation of the land through soil and water conservation measures has resulted in a change in the structure and type of land [4] and, thus, a significant change in the natural capital of the farmers. Soil and water conservation can improve production conditions, which are beneficial for increasing crop yields and agricultural productivity [9,10], and the increased crop yields and the various received policy subsidies act directly on financial capital. As a productive adaptation behavior, farmers can strengthen their communication and contact with others during the implementation process and expand their social network, which in turn contributes to the improvement of social capital.…”

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“…Well-being is a multidimensional concept that characterizes the state Sustainability 2023, 15, 6569 2 of 16 and level of human life [7], and improving well-being is the core of sustainable development [8]. A large number of studies have focused on the well-being effect of soil and water conservation, and overall, soil and water conservation improves regional agricultural productivity and has a positive impact on ensuring food security, increasing crop yields and agricultural income [2,9,10], as well as playing a role in mitigating natural disasters, improving the rural industrial structure and raising people's living standards [11,12]. However, existing studies on the well-being effect of soil and water conservation have mainly focused on the contribution of soil and water conservation to society, with limited evidence on the combined well-being effect on actors.…”

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Mechanisms and Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Soil and Water Conservation on the Livelihood and Well-Being of Farmer Households: A Case Study in Desert–Loess Transition Zone of China

2023

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Climate change brings great uncertainty to the sustainable livelihood of farmers. Soil and water conservation measures are the key measures to adapt to climate change, and studying their effects is of great significance to formulating and adjusting future work. Based on the analysis framework of sustainable livelihood, this study constructed a path model to analyze the influence path among soil and water conservation, farmers’ livelihood and well-being from the perspective of model integration and discussed the mechanism of the effect of soil and water conservation well-being. The results show that (1) soil and water conservation has a significant effect on both the livelihood and well-being of farmer households. Soil and water conservation has a positive effect on farmer households’ livelihood capital, and farmers who participated in soil and water conservation prefer to engage in agricultural activities, with a cumulative effect of livelihood capital and livelihood strategies dependence. However, the direct effect of soil and water well-being is not significant, but only in terms of farmers’ security and health. (2) Through the “livelihood capital accumulation mechanism”, “livelihood strategies dependence mechanism” and “livelihood chain mechanism”, soil and water conservation affects the basic material needs, safety and health, freedom of choice and movement of farmers’ well-being. (3) In order to further promote soil and water conservation measures, relevant policy makers can indirectly enhance the soil and water conservation well-being effect by optimizing the livelihood portfolio of farmers, thus attracting the extensive participation of farmers. This study provides analytical ideas for exploring the role of the relationship between soil and water conservation, livelihood and well-being, and offers suggestions for increasing the participation of farmers in soil and water conservation.

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Mechanisms and Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Soil and Water Conservation on the Livelihood and Well-Being of Farmer Households: A Case Study in Desert–Loess Transition Zone of China

2023

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“…Large investments have been made and implemented for conservation of soil and water different parts of Ethiopia [10]. Such investments in physical and agronomic BMP technologies are able to result in the protection of ecosystem services [11]; enhance freshwater availability [12,13]; limit runoff, soil loss, and sediment yields [14][15][16]; improve soil moisture and crop production [17,18]; amend crop yield; improve food security; and improve household incomes [19][20][21]. Despite such efforts to limit runoff, sediment output, or soil Water 2023, 15, 788 2 of 20 erosion, it is challenging to implement improvements because of the growth of agriculture and urban areas [22,23].…”

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Impacts of Best Management Practices on Runoff, Soil Loss, and Sediment Yield in the Megech Watershed, Ethiopia

Admas

Melesse

Abate

et al. 2023

Water

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This study evaluated the best management practices on how to manage soil losses from catchment and reduce sediment load into a dam reservoir. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship of runoff, soil loss, and sediment yield with best management practice (BMP) scenarios in the GeoWEPP environment for the selected three micro-watersheds (hot spot areas) in the Megech watershed, upper Blue Nile Basin. The impacts of four agricultural BMP scenarios, including forest five years old, corn, soybean; wheat, alfalfa (4 yr) no till; corn, soybean, wheat, alfalfa (4 yr) conservation till; and winter wheat mulch till, on soil loss, runoff, and sediment yield were quantified. The results revealed that soil loss ranges between 41.45–66.11 t/ha/year and sediment yield rates ranges between 36.5–54.8 t/ha/year with the baseline situation (conventional tillage condition) were found to be higher than the tolerable soil loss (10 t/ha/year) in the region. Implementing BMPs on the crop land of the micro-watersheds has positive impacts on all variables’ runoff, soil loss, and sediment yield reductions. Among the implemented BMPs, forests with a five-year perennial (agroforestry) option showed the highest rate of reduction for all runoff, soil loss, and sediment yield, but no cost benefit analysis was included in this study to choose among the BMPs. This study also identified that agricultural BMPs play a great role in reducing runoff, soil loss, and sediment yield in the Megech watershed to minimize on- and off-site impacts. In general, it is important to consider how cost benefit analysis will change throughout project’s implementation among the selected BMP scenarios at the watershed level in the future.

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Do soil and water conservation practices influence crop productivity and household welfare? Evidence from rural Nigeria

Ogunniyi¹,

Omotayo

Olagunju³

et al. 2023

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Impact of soil and water conservation practices on crop income in tembaro district, southern Ethiopia

Cited by 8 publications

References 31 publications

Mechanisms and Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Soil and Water Conservation on the Livelihood and Well-Being of Farmer Households: A Case Study in Desert–Loess Transition Zone of China

Mechanisms and Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Soil and Water Conservation on the Livelihood and Well-Being of Farmer Households: A Case Study in Desert–Loess Transition Zone of China

Impacts of Best Management Practices on Runoff, Soil Loss, and Sediment Yield in the Megech Watershed, Ethiopia

Do soil and water conservation practices influence crop productivity and household welfare? Evidence from rural Nigeria

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