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Title Institutional implications of governance of local common pool resources on livestock water productivity in Ethiopia
Full text http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/18452/28480; http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/27835
Date 2011
Author(s) Deneke, Tilaye Teklewold; Mapedza, Everisto; Amede, Tilahun
Abstract This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively. - Improving water productivity depends on how local communal water and grazing resources are governed. This involves institutional and organizational issues. In the mixed farming systems of the Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, non-participatory water users' associations, neglect of traditional water rights, corruption, village power relations, inequitable allocation of irrigated land and free-grazing practice impact the governance of local common pool resources (CPR). Indigenous governance structures for CPR such as the kire are participatory and effective in terms of rule enforcement. Externally initiated governance structures lack acceptance by farmers and sufficient support from local government. In order to improve water productivity in the mixed farming systems, institutional deficiencies need attention and existing indigenous governance structures require recognition and support. - Peer Reviewed
Subject(s) 333.7 Landflächen, Naturräume für Freizeit und Erholung, Naturreservate, Energie; ddc:333
Language eng
Publisher Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Type of publication article; doc-type:article; publishedVersion
Format application/pdf
Rights http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Identifier urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-110-18452/28480-3; 1469-4441; 10.1017/S0014479710000864
Repository Berlin - Humboldt University of Berlin
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