Smallholder irrigation expansion would significantly increase agricultural production, and
reduce food insecurity and poverty levels in East Africa. This paper reviews literature on …

Water resources are essential to human development processes and to achieve the
Millennium Development Goals that seek, inter alia, to eradicate extreme poverty and …

We use a large data set from Ethiopia that differentiates tenure security and transferability to
explore determinants of different types of land-related investment and its possible impact on …

The relationship between private property and common property has engaged both legal
and economic scholars in a long series of controversies over the meaning, the sequence of …

Although many African countries have recently adopted highly innovative and pro-poor land
laws, lack of implementation thwarts their potentially far-reaching impact on productivity …

Ethiopia's agriculture is predominantly rainfed and hence any irregularity in weather
conditions has adverse welfare implications. Using panel data, this paper analyzes the effect …

Formal property rights are integral to contemporary global-and national-scale land
transactions, and prerequisite to international institutions' recognition of any state, private, or …

This research article examines factors that influence the long-term survival and viability of a
random sample of 500 micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) located in five …

Investments in agricultural water management should complement or strengthen the
livelihood and coping systems of the rural poor, and should thus be instrumental for …

Agriculture remains the mainstay of most economies in Africa, accounting for 37% of gross
domestic product (GDP), nearly 60% of export earnings, and over 76% of employment. Over …