Competing claims on natural resources in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia
Central Rift Valley
The Central Rift Valley in Ethiopia is a closed river basin where poverty and natural resource degradation are firmly intertwined. The rapidly growing population increasingly over-exploits the scarce natural resources in their struggle for survival.
About the project
The situation in the Central Rift Valley can be best described as the competition for natural resources between different stakeholders and within stakeholder groups. Stakeholders seem to have no adequate response to the negative impacts of the ongoing natural resources degradation on the livelihood of communities and on the ecosystem.

Peer reviewed publications
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Yield gaps and resource use across farming zones in the central rift valley of Ethiopia
Experimental Agriculture 52 (2016)4. - ISSN 0014-4797 - p. 493 - 517. -
Exploring climate change impacts and adaptation options for maize production in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia using different climate change scenarios and crop models
Climatic Change 129 (2015)1-2. - ISSN 0165-0009 - p. 145 - 158. -
Farmers' strategies to perceived trends of rainfall and crop productivity on the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia
Environmental Development 11 (2014). - ISSN 2211-4645 - p. 123 - 140. -
Farmers' Perceptions of Land Degradation and their Investments in Land Management: a Case Study in the Cental Rift Valley of Ethiopia
Environmental Management 51 (2013)5. - ISSN 0364-152X - p. 989 - 998.