“…The rationale for policy intervention arise in two contexts, (a) where off-site costs are significant, (b) where the on-site land degradation effect is not transparent to the owner. However, land degradation has received widespread debate at the global level as evidenced in the literature: (UNEP, 1992, Johnson andLewis, 1995;Oldeman et al;1992, Middleton andThomas, 1997;Maingnet,1994;Lal et al, 1997). At least two distinct schools have emerged regarding the prediction, severity, and impact of land degradation.…”